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Year 13

JULY - AUGUST 2017

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“You had me at, ‘Let’s go to the beach!’” - Beach Gypsy

5409 Shawcrest, Lower Twp. ~ The WATER VIEWS are amazing from this WATERFRONT townhome at the Lighthouse Pointe Condominiums in the Shawcrest. A short drive to the Wildwood beach and boardwalk, this unit offers 3 levels which includes 4 BR, 2 full and 2 half BA, 2-car garage, sunk-in LR with fireplace w/large sliders leading to a large deck with glass railings that allow you to take every bit of the view in. This deck gives access to the dock area. Step up out of the living room into the eatin kitchen that offers a snack bar, granite countertops, stainless appliances and dining area with plenty of room for everyone. The hardwood floors throughout most of this townhome give it a nice clean feel. Let’s not forget the heated Bayfront pool with a beautifully paved lounge area. In addition, there is a clubhouse that all owners can enjoy. THAT’S NOT ALL! This townhome comes with a DEEDED 40’ BOAT SLIP, making this townhome a boater’s dream come true. JUST $599,000.

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3300 Pacific Avenue Wildwood, NJ 609-523-1112

Colleen SOWERS 107 West 18th Avenue, North Wildwood AFFORDABLE DUPLEX. This duplex is a perfect starter property at the

Shore. The first level consists of 2 BR, full BA, living room and galley kitchen, and enclosed sunroom with sliders that lead to a front porch. The second floor offers a BR, full BA, living room and galley kitchen. The fenced in rear yard is concrete for less landscaping maintenance, with enclosed outside shower and a large rear cottage that can be used for storage or can be removed for even more yard space. JUST $224,900.

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441 West Montgomery Avenue, Wildwood SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE! This spacious and well

maintained unit consists of 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, fully equipped kitchen with center island and granite countertops, dining area and a cozy living room with fireplace. There are 2 sets of sliding doors that will lead you to a large deck that runs the entire length of the front of the building. The deck is where you will have plenty of room to spread out and enjoy the beautiful weather. The deck is also where you’ll be able to enjoy a peek of the bay that is across the street. The first level offers a 2-car garage and a huge rear storage room.

The unit can be accessed from the garage or from the exterior on the left side of the building. There is also access from the rear of the building where the storage room is located. The rear of the building has an outside shower and an area for the BBQ grill. If you are looking for a condo with a small association, look no further. There are only 2 units in this building. There are no condo fees, just a yearly shared insurance expense that covers the exterior flood and liability insurances.

This condo is located on the bayside of Wildwood on a street that was newly paved. This affordably priced condo is being sold mostly furnished as well as with a pool table that converts into a ping pong table….perfect for entertaining friends. All this place needs is you.

JUST $259,000.

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CELL: (609) 602-2008 ColleenSowers@outlook.com www.FromBeachtoBay.net www.weichert.com NEW LISTING! 1806 Boardwalk, North Wildwood OWN A PIECE OF THE BOARDWALK! This newly

530 West Pine Avenue, West Wildwood ~ MUST SEE!

This beautiful and newly renovated single family home is a rare find, located on the corners of Pine and Lake Avenues and is situated on a 6654 sq. ft. lot. Formerly a duplex converted into a single-family home, boasting a spacious living room, custom kitchen with large center island and dining area. There are 3 BR, 2 full BA and a laundry room. Can be enjoyed year-round as it’s equipped with gas forced air heat and central air conditioning. The light hardwood flooring throughout really brightens every room. Plenty of off-street parking, a huge front deck to spend most of your time relaxing. If boating, fishing or crabbing are what you enjoy, you are steps away from the bay and marinas. JUST $279,000.

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433 Provincetown Dr., Lower Twp. ~ This lovely home is a rare model known as the “The Grand Banks” and is only 1 of 2 in Tranquility Park. It is situated on a sprawling corner parcel making it look so grand. Upon entering the home, you can immediately see what this home has to offer with its open floor plan. Step down into the sunken living room that features hardwood floors and a gas fireplace. Step up and out of the living room and this level offers a fully equipped kitchen with snack bar, dining room, large pantry and a family room area. There is access to the one car garage from the laundry room for convenience. The 2nd fl consists of 4 BR and 2 full BA. The master BR features a walk-incloset and a full BA with his/her sinks. The home is just a very short distance to Cape May where you will find some of the best eateries and is also a short distance to Wildwood Crest where you can enjoy the free beaches.

JUST $329,900.

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renovated Boardwalk property is located in North Wildwood and is currently operated as one large store with 4 storefront doors that measures approximately 4951 in square footage. This property is being offered as two storefronts (Units #101 and #102) or it can be sold with the additional two storefronts (Unit #103 and #104) that are also listed for sale. The entire store can easily be converted into 4 separate stores and/ or 4 different businesses. There are so many possibilities including converting one or more of the units into a restaurant.....dining with a view. There is easy access from the rear of the building. In addition, this property comes with 4 covered rear parking spaces for the 2 storefronts or a total of 8 parking spaces for all 4 storefronts. The current inventory is negotiable. OFFERED

AT $549,000 PER 2 STOREFRONTS!! SELLER MAY CONSIDER SELLING INDIVIDUALLY!!

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“Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together try to love one another right now. . .” ~Get Together, Youngbloods

from the editor “Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly.” ~Van Morrison

With the 13th year of The Sun officially upon us, and our beautiful sea and sky within soulful sight, there’s no better time to gratefully acknowledge our amazing advertisers for their continued support and our thoughtful readers and friends for providing us with endless inspiration. We couldn’t create our sunny slice of heaven without any of you!

Because sharing each heavenly, Wildwood moment is what we here at The Sun naturally love to do, we invite you along on our latest adventure as we proudly celebrate our teenage years!

Within the pages of The Sun, we’ve creatively collected thirteen years of homespun happiness, with enduring stories and everyone’s favorite seaside photos. Although The Sun can be enjoyed anywhere, it is, of course, best read by sunlight accompanied by an ocean view.

With the turn of each page, may The Sun briefly cause time to stand still. Thanks in part to the magic of photography, we, too, can stand still, pause for an instant and capture each memory-in-the-making. For years to come, we get to remember the fun we had when the flash went off.

Our photographs taken by the sea make for the best memory keepers; Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And it was so.

God called the dry ground [beach] and the waters seas. And God saw that it was good!!” ~Genesis 1:9-10

happy reminders of days gone but never forgotten, offering us a sweet and lasting glimpse back in time to unhurried moments spent with family and friends. This issue is overflowing with them.

This summer edition happily reminds us there’s something special about summertime at the beach; particularly here in Wildwood by-the-Sea. Whether we are locals or summer folk, as our treasured featured photographs convey, we are all mystically drawn here. Something holds us here, where we’re free to enjoy our own personalized rituals and shore customs year after year.

For many of us, the beach is a way of life. It’s a world unto itself, where people come together simply because they want to be together.

As you enter onto the beach for the first time this summer, remove your flip flops, feel the soft sand between your toes and know you’ve arrived.

Look around and notice all those smiling faces. From this perspective, it appears to be a giant beach fair.

At times, it feels like a Wildwoodinspired Woodstock festival and, at other times, like a Sunday morning church celebration.

As we welcome Summer, may we always remember that any day at the beach is better than a day ... well, anywhere else! May our hearts overflow with endless summer days and may this copy of The Sun by-the-Sea invoke feelings of a Sunshine Festival!

Whatever that mystical quality is deep within our soul that draws us to the Wildwoods, may it connect us here forever, and may it inspire us to embrace each picture-postcard moment we’re blessed to spend by the sea…

See you on the beach, (at the festival)

Dorothy

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

Soak up The Sun! on every page....>

TabLE Of ContentS An original, nostalgic collection of All-Things-Wildwood

teens having fun in the sun WHILE YOU WERE AWAY 6-9 Head over Heels in Love Jack McCartney 13 My Wildwood Josh Kinney 20 Boardwalk Photobooths 24 Wildwood Playground 28 Blast from the Past 31 Deb Esher’s Memories 32-33 Beach Banners Marilyn Guidetti 34

gggggggggggggg Artist, Editor & Publisher Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek 609.214.5608

The SUN by-the-sea©2017 is the original nostalgic bi-monthly paper published by So You’ll Know, llc.

Published, Edited & Designed

by Dorothy Kulisek with the help of those listed here: Assistant Editor, Meg Corcoran Tim Braugh • Marilyn Guidetti • Kathy Johnson Josh Kinney • George Latella • Al Love • Steve Murray • Ronn Rodden • Joe Russo • Gary Sloan • Anne Vinci here com h no beac bag can be it! ith w out

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

– 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.A.

My Happy Place Ronn Rodden 39 Met True Love in Wildwood Kathy W. Johnson 40-41 She Found Her True Love at the Surf Club Patsy Peterson 42-43

Next Issue out NOV. 16, 2017

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Dig out your old photos and send them to The SUN!

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About the Covers 6 Fishing with Capt. Gary 10 tide chart 11 Poetry by-the-Sea 14-15 Steven Clark, Joan bransfield Graham & Ann Stiles Inspiration Bob Ingram 17 Wildwood Historic Museum Prohibition in Wildwood Anne Vinci 18 Meg the Movie Buff 21 Churches on the Island 22 Oops! Pardon Me Joe Russo 23 I Remember...

George Latella 26-27 Wildwood Memories Tim Braugh 28-29 Hunts Theaters Steve Murray 30-31 Irish Kids Al Love 32 Wildwood memories Peggy Wills 34-37

thesunbythesea@gmail.com Dear Visitors, Thank you so much for visiting our happy little island. Be safe and enjoy your well earned vacation! We ask that you please patronize our advertisers. They have been working hard to bring you the very best that the Wildwoods have to offer. Oh! and you can tell them you saw their ad in The Sun.

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Disclaimer 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.

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

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“Vacation used to be a luxury, but in today’s world it has become a necessity.”

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Full Buck or Thunder Moon July 9th

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!

SOME OF THE EXCITING EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE WILDWOODS JULY 1 Foam ‘n Glow EDM Party

JULY 29-30 Ultimate Beach Frisbee Tourney

JULY 4 Independence Parade & Fireworks Spectacular

AUG 2 Wildwoods Baby Parade

JULY 7-9 NJ State BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival JULY 8 Sand Sculpting Festival JULY 8-9 Beach Cornhole Tournament JULY 10-21 National Dance Competitions JULY 13 & 27 | AUG 10 Anglesea Food Truck Festivals & Night Markets JULY 15 Duke of Fluke Fishing Tourney JULY 22 Race Roll Dye 5K Color Run-NEW! JULY 22 WWE Live SummerSlam Heatwave Tour

7/1-3, 15-16, 29-30 Boardwalk SID July Craft Shows Wildwood Boardwalk. All handmade products. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Daily. Free.

609.522.0378 or 609.522.0198.

8/30 - 7/2 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

AUG 5 ‘Beatlemania Again’ The Beatles Experience - NEW!

7/4 Independence Day “God Bless America.”

AUG 5-6 Mixed Martial Arts Tournament

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

AUG 11-13 Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash

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

AUG 12 Jus Nice Sneaker Convention AUG 16-19 Harlem Globetrotters AUG 25-27 Sports Card, Toys, Comics & Collectibles Show AUG 26 Triathlon, 5K & Kids Race AUG 27-SEPT 1 | OCT 8-13 Wildwoods Restaurant Weeks

JULY 29 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Run

Chill or Thrill! Mild or Wild!

In the Wildwoods, you can do as much, or as little, as you like.

Win a Wildwoods Family Vacation at WildwoodsNJ.com 800.992.9732

~Anon.

Celebrating the 241st year of American Independence

7/6, 20 DOWNTOWN WILDWOOD MARKETPLACE Byrne Plaza, Oak & Pacific. 4-9pm

“In Summer, the Song Sings itself. ” ~William Carlos Williams 7/10-15 Dance Xplosion Wildwood Convention Center. 7am-11pm Daily FREE. 516.781.3400

7/13, 27 Anglesea Nightmarket & Mobile Food Night Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.318.4504

7/15-16 Cape Express “MORE” Beach Blast

Soccer between Spencer & Poplar. Wildwood.

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

7/15 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 7/16-21 Sophisticated Productions Dance Competition Wildwood Convention Center.

7/20 Anglesea Nightmarket & Mobile Food Night Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.318.4504 7/20 Miss North Wildwood Crowning Ceremony 7pm at Lou Booth AmpiTheater. 609-374-0562.

609.780.5744

7/21-23 Notre Dame de la Mer Music Ministry’s Annual Cabaret Fri-Sat 6pm Sun 3pm. $25 Call 609-972-9051

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

7/22 Beach Mile First gun goes off at 10am! Each competitor will get a t-shirt and two day pass to Morey’s Piers! (a $158 value) 7/22 Christmas in July with Santa Claus On the Beach in North Wildwood.Candy canes and entertainment. 1pm. 609.522.7500 7/22 Christmas in July West Wildwood. Live music, Family activities, Vendors & fireworks 7/22-23 Morey’s Piers Beach Sports Weekend at Cedar Ave. beach 522.3900

7/8-9 Wildwood Cornhole Tournament On Beach between Wildwood and Oak Avenues, Wildwood.

Bags fly 11am. 609.729.8870

7/22 Antique Car Show FREE On the boardwalk between 16th & 26th Avenues in North Wildwood. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 609.522.6442

7/8 Morey’s Piers Salute to Scouting Morey’s Piers. 609.522.3900 x1195

7/22 WWE LIVE Wildwoods Convention Center. 609.729.9000 WildwoodsNJ.com

Save the Date!

7/29-30 Annual Co-Ed Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. On the Beach at Oak & Poplar Ave., Wildwood. 856.696.9705 7/31 - 8/10 Delia’s Warehouse Clothing Sale

7/7-9 Anglesea Blues Festival & NJ State BBQ Championship Old NJ Ave., Smokin’ hot blues on an outdoor stage. Free.

609.523.6565 7/8 Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting FestivalHeather Rd. beach, Wildwood Crest. 10am.

Monday, July 10th, 2017 at 10:00 am

Dr. Mace Babies

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

Daily.609.729.9000 or www.WildwoodsNJ.com

LONG’S Maternity & at Home

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Reunion & Group Photo

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

greg diantonio Reggae Fest Sunday, SEPT 10th, 2017 URIE’S RESTaUrant 3-8pm

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“You’ve arrived at wealth when you’re happy with a life that has a wealth of things that money can’t buy.” ~Anon.

August Events

August H at h 31 Days.

Full Sturgeon Moon August 7th

“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 8/1 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.

8/1 The Wildwoods Baby Waddle - FREE

Wildwoods Convention Center turnaround circle. 10 a.m. 609.729.4000 8/2 Wildwoods Baby Parade Wildwood tradition since 1909. on the boardwalk at WW Conv.

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

8/3-5 Morey’s Piers A Closer Walk Christian Youth Event, Schellenger Ave. Boardwalk. Youth groups & families weekend of camping on the beach, live Christian music & worship services, to help you take “a closer walk with Christ”.

8/5 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 8/5-6, 19-20 & 9/1-3 Boardwalk SID July Craft Shows Wildwood Boardwalk. All handmade products. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Daily. Free.

609.522.0378 or 609.522.0198.

8/5 BEATLEMANIA AGAIN LIVE Wildwoods Convention Center, Starlight Ballroom. The show traces the Beatles career from 1964-1969 featuring over 30 greatest hits, 3 costume changes.

Gen. admission $15. www.BeatlemaniaAgain.com 8/5-6 CURE AT THE SHORE All South Jersey lifeguards wear pink to support the fight against breast cancer. CureattheShore.com 8/7 Nat’l Lighthouse Day Hereford Light, 9am

Summer Races 7/6 Yacht Race Jr. Regatta Sunset Lake 7/7 Cape May County Lifeguard Championships, Rambler Rd. Beach, 6pm 7/14 Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Race 15th St. & Beach. 6pm 7/15 Boogie Board Races 15th Ave. 10am 7/15 Sun & Sand 5K Run 7:30am reg. 1st & NJ 7/28 Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Races Lincoln Ave. Beach, 6:30 pm 7/29 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race 8:30am 609.523.0202. 5K & a 1-mile fun run/walk 8/2-12 HOBIE CAT Mini-Mega Regatta Schellenger Ave. beach

8/11-13 /18-20 Wildwood Beach Baseball Tournament wildwoodbeachbaseball.com 8/13 Rubber Ducky Regatta Raging Waters, Schellenger Ave. & Boardwalk, 7:30pm 8/21 Around the Island Row inlet beach 7am 8/26 Tri/Du the Wildwoods 15th & the Beach.

Try It! 6am. 609.849.8908 DelmoSports.com

8/27 Run Now for Autism Speaks 5k.

Wildwoods Boardwalk. 7:30 a.m. AutismSpeaks.org/wildwoods5k

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8/5-6 Battle at the Beach Martial Arts Tournament Wildwoods Convention Center 860.295.0403

8/10 Anglesea Nightmarket & Mobile Food Night Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.318.4504

Friday Night Fabulous '50s Dance Party

8/11-13 Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash Wildwoods Convention Center. 609.889.2422

Tickets: $16/person

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

8/25-26 Sports Card, Comic Book, and Toy Expo Wildwoods Convention Center. FREE. 732.422.9365 www.rksportspromotions.com 8/27- 9/1 Restaurant Week. Wine and dine in Wildwoods finest restaurants. SEE AD FOR PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS. ChewWildwood.com

Street Fad,ir Craft Vendors, Classic Car Live Music, Foo test s Sho w, Doo wop Bus Tou r, Fun Con

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8/16-19 Harlem Globetrotters Wildwoods Convention Center. 7 p.m. 609.729.9000 or

8/19 Storm the Wildwood Surf Davis Ave. beach, Wildwood10am-2pm OpBeachHead.org

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8/12 Free Elvis Concert 7pm, Summer Nites

8/17 Downtown Wildwood Marketplace Byrne Plaza Oak & Pacific Ave. 4-9pm DoWildwood.com

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8/12 Annual SOCS - Survivors of Cancer Lighthouse Pointe Wildwood. 2-6pm. 609 465-7655

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Frankie Avalon

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The Dupr ees The Ladies of Shake,

Rattle & Roll

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$54.00/person • $71.50/person At GWCOC: 609-729-4000 • 3306 Pacific Ave., Wildwood, NJ OR any Ticketmaster location • www.ticketmaster.com

Visit www.Wildwoods.com for a full list of events

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“Today, fill your cup of life with sunshine and laughter.”

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~Dodinsky

“While you were away. . “

Collaboratively written by Meg Corcoran, Al Alven & Dorothy Kulisek Because we here at the Sun love a good sequel as much as the next beachgoer, we’re recapping our informationpacked While You Were Away column (in case you missed it the first time), highlighting our off-season activities while spotlighting the countless construction, around-town upgrades and business news happening from the Beaches to the Boardwalk, doing our part to keep Wildwood lovers properly up-to-date.

With sunglasses in hand and your favorite beach chair nearby, we invite you on another sandy walk down memory lane, filled with all of the newsworthy, seaside events that happened While You Were Away…

Predicting a Successful 2017 Crest Savings Bank President Jay Ford spoke to approximately 100 people at the Wildwoods Convention Center in January for the Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce’s annual Financial Forecast Luncheon, at which time he remarked that 2015 may have been the best economic year for the island while predicting a successful 2017.

What’s in a Name?

On November 8th, following months of campaigning to change North Wildwood’s name to Anglesea, the votes were tallied and most residents voted to keep the present name of North Wildwood intact.

The Winning AngleSea Walk Following more than 150 entries and 198 pages of essays, the judges of North Wildwood’s “Name that Seawall Contest” selected The AngleSea Walk, entered by Helen Murray. The grand prize winner received a week’s stay for a family of four at the Acropolis Resort Motel, located at 3rd and JFK, along with a family basket of fun Wildwood items.

Wildwood Crest Street work Surface paving of formerly reconstructed and base sections of Pacific Avenue between Rambler Road and Cresse Avenue in Wildwood Crest took place on October 10th. Most the work was completed on the east section of the road but the full width of Pacific Avenue was recently repaved between Morning Glory Road and Cresse Avenue along with a section of the Rambler Road and Pacific Avenue intersections.

Upgrades in North Wildwood During a September 20th city council meeting, Mayor Patrick Rosenello announced new outfall pipes would be installed from 3rd to 5th Avenues to improve storm drainage with an additional shower hookup at the beach at 4th Avenue. Showers are also scheduled to be installed at 1st and Surf Avenues, as well as 2nd and Ocean. Ocean Avenue from 2nd to 18th Avenues was under major reconstruction during the majority of the winter months.

The 16th avenue playground was beautifully renovated and includes a fully ADA compliant access area to the beach and boardwalk.

A new Hereford Inlet webcam was set up along the 2nd Ave. inlet section of the seawall. It can be accessed at www. northwildwood.com Wildwood Parks Receive Redo In an ongoing project that began in 2016, each park throughout the city of Wildwood has received, or is slated to receive, a much needed facelift that will help bring them back to their original splendor. To date, several city parks have been updated. “Over the years our parks were places where people gathered,” said Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. “They had fountains and beautifully planted flowers, people respected them and enjoyed them.

We hope to return them to places where everyone will want to visit.”

The city’s park revitalization program will continue throughout the 2017 season.

“This is just one more step in our commitment to bringing Wildwood back to its glory as one of America’s premier familyfriendly beach resort destinations,” said Mayor Troiano.

Building a Bigger and Better Beach A multi-million-dollar federal beach project could return the wide beaches to the north end of North Wildwood with a dune system the length of the island from the gazebo at Second Avenue to the Diamond Beach section of Lower Township. Plans call for hydraulically moving 1.5 million cubic yards of sand from Wildwood and Wildwood Crest to develop North Wildwood’s beach to increase safety from coastal storms, with construction taking place in 2018.

“Overall, we’re happy with the design of the dune in North Wildwood,” said Mayor Patrick Rosenello, who called

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“I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

“ W ildwood - a new season“ the plan the most significant infrastructure project in the island’s history. “The dune system that we have in North Wildwood is essentially the same dune system they are proposing for the rest of the island. I think it has prevented tens of millions of dollars in damage in the last 11 years,” he added. “When that storm hits us, and it will eventually, these protective measures are going to literally save the island. I have no doubt in my mind,” he said.

Wildwood and Wildwood Crest residents and officials have expressed concern that the dune would spoil ocean views along with the benefits of reducing the beaches size on most of the barrier island.

DEP officials have said it would not move forward if the towns rejected the project.

Nevertheless, Wildwood Crest Mayor Carl Groon believes the dune project is on its way. In a recent interview, Groon stated that under Wildwood Crest’s form of government, three-member borough commission, he has no more power to speak on the town’s behalf than the two other commissioners.

In Wildwood, Mayor Ernie Troiano also expressed ambivalence regarding the project during a recent interview. Although Wildwood has extremely wide beaches, Troiano said they lost approximately 140 feet this year.

Wildwood Weather Report With Labor Day weekend signaling the unofficial end of a hot Summer of 2016, weathermen were predicting a washout courtesy of Hurricane Hermine. Although Hermine ended up being kind to our coastal community, many visitors, discouraged by the dismal weather predictions, forgo a weekend stay, putting a real damper on holiday business.

October and November, happily, offered summer-like temperatures, encouraging beach-seeking visitors and enhancing Autumn’s off-season events.

December arrived and with it colder temperatures (and Santa!)

On January 7th, Winter Storm Helena came to town, bringing with her six inches of snow, with even larger drifts, offering lots of family fun on that Saturday afternoon.

A Nor’Easter made a stormy, high-wind appearance on January 23rd, fortunately sparing our island of severe coastal floodings.

One week later, on January 30th, our coastal town experienced a scenic winter

wonderland, with about 2 inches of snow occurring before the sun came out, making our seascape even brighter!

With February came a pre-spring break, as President’s Weekend and the remainder of the month, producing sunny skies and record-breaking temperatures, with crowds arriving in droves to enjoy the sunshine!

We were left wondering if March came in like a lion or a lamb, with the warm start quickly turning wintery cold by March 2nd! The Farmer’s Almanac appropriately dubbed our unpredictable weather a Polar Coaster. Many shorebirds made the trek back east and up north weeks earlier (ahead of schedule) as the trees began to bloom before the calendar officially announced spring.

March 14th brought another Nor’easter dubbed Winter Storm Stella. It moved through rather quickly, bringing mild coastal flooding and some more beach erosion.

April showers brought us lovely May flowers. If we could special order our island’s summer weather, our wish would be for ‘fair winds and following seas’.

Now with the Summer of 2017 in full swing, we’re living happily in the moment, enjoying the view and, of course, comprising our own summer story we can’t wait to share with you, our Sun readers and friends, next time we meet by the sea…

NEW AND OLD BUSINESS Every new season brings change.

It’s a fact of nature, and a pretty good bet in the seasonal resort towns of the Jersey Shore, as well.

Shortly after the New Year, signs were indicating a banner season for the Wildwoods, with an influx of new businesses for 2017. One by one, the announcements came. And they just kept coming. And coming. And - well, you get the idea. Fortunately, we had our scorecards ready...

Around the Island We start out at 26th & New Jersey, on the North Wildwood side of the border with Wildwood proper, where Stephen & Jacqueline Mendel have introduced their new Sand Jamm 5Mile retail store.

After 26 years on the Boardwalk, they are expanding to a stand-alone “open air” location that will feature a wide selection of “Coastal Lifestyle” clothing Read on!

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

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and accessories for all ages. Vineyard Vines, Sperry, Salty Crew & Yeti to name a few!

The landmark Sand Jamm 5Mile at the base of the old Hunt’s Pier (Boardwalk & Juniper) will operate for one more summer. Look for the colorful neon sign formerly adorning the boardwalk to glow brightly from the rooftop of the New Jersey Avenue store.

Just down the block at 26th & Delaware Ave. - previously home of O’Boyles Irish Pub and North Wildwood’s longstanding favorite corner pub, Tony’s, is The Salty Mermaid Bar & Grille The new owners tell me that lunch and dinner will be served year-round, the atmosphere will be casual, the food will be made from the freshest ingredients and the drinks will quench your thirst! They are working hard to open for the season.

Chef Mia Chiarella continues the tradition of her family name with Mia Mia Raw Bar & Ristorante at 3100 Pacific Avenue. The charismatic “FitChef,” who has gained national recognition from appearances on hit shows such as ABC’s The Taste, serves up a nightly menus of favorites and new Italian and seafoodthemed creations. The ristorante has earned rave reviews from locals and visitors alike since debuting in late 2016.

Dock Street Seafood, a longtime Wildwood seafood market on Otten’s Harbor, will be moving it’s wholesale seafood distribution business three blocks north to the former Charles Ghur Stationary Store building at Roberts & Park Ave. The structure has been under major renovation, and hopes to be ready for Summer 2017. Are future plans in store for a new seafood restaurant at Dock Street’s original location at Ottens Harbor?

Memorial Day Weekend saw the opening of Bell’s Philly Grill at 12th & New Jersey Avenues, directly across from Cool Scoops Ice Cream Parlor. Bell’s offers a full menu of breakfast and lunch specialties, including their tantalizing Philly rib eye cheesesteaks.

In Wildwood, Nicky D’s Breakfast & Burgers has come to 3401 New Jersey Avenue, right around the corner from

Alfe’s Restaurant. A block to the east, on the other side of the future site of Byrne Plaza, a new ice cream shop named The Wild Scoop is being prepped to open by the Fourth of July.

Marie Nicole’s Grill at Diamond Beach has relocated to Avalon. In its place at 9510 Pacific Avenue, the Barnabei family has created De Ninno’s Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar - “a chic American grill offering steaks, seafood and seasonal fare, full bar with happy hour & a patio.”

One of the last-remaining links to Downtown Wildwood’s famous nightclub scene disappeared earlier this year when the rusted out neon lettering was removed from the old Fairview Cafe at Lincoln & Pacific. The venue, perhaps best remembered as home to “Beat the Clock,” has been closed for several years, despite an attempt to reopen as recently as 2015. However, it was completely repainted bright green shortly after the signs were taken down, leading to speculation of what is to come. What will it be?

Meanwhile, at the other (north) end of the 3600 block of Pacific, new life is reportedly coming to another long-shuttered nightclub. The future of the former M.T. Bottle at Schellenger & Pacific is in the hands of Annie Arentzen, who operated 2nd Street Annie’s on Olde New Jersey Avenue back in 2004-2005.

The all new 2nd Street Annie’s is home to “dueling pianos” and Bob Pantano Sunday night Dance Party. They opened with a bang on Memorial Day weekend.

Bayside Happenings Some big changes were made at South Dock Restaurant & Marina and it’s adjoining property, The Surfing Pig, on the bay at 10th Avenue in North Wildwood.

Owners Bill and Megan Bumbernick have completely rebuilt their decks, installing open air window enclosures allowing for most of the restaurant to be enclosed for bad weather (plus heating and air conditioning, enabling earlier spring openings and an extended fall season). They have also added a waterside bar since acquiring a liquor license over the winter. South Dock Marina continues to rent marine slips, pontoon boats, kayaks and paddle boards, while

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“One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” ~Ann Morrow Lindberg

“ W ildwood - a new season“ serving up breakfast, lunch and seafood, BBQ and raw bar dinners.

On the Boardwalk Hershey’s Ice Cream, near the southern end of the promenade at 5306 Boardwalk, underwent a total renovation over the offseason. The highlight is a brand new bulb-studded sign that screams Vintage Wildwood! The Ferrazzano family, which opened the shop in 2005, is originally from South Philadelphia, with a history in Wildwood dating back to the 1940’s.

Around the island Joe & Colleen Lerro of North Wildwood’s Joe-Joe’s Pizza is going Mexican! bringing to Olde New Jersey Aves. bar district the all new Tacos & Tequlia Restaurant & Bar. But no problemo!

Joe-Joe’s will still be serving its famous selection of pizza pies.

Petals Floral Design & Gifts has blossomed into a bigger flower shop at Rio Grande & Pacific, adjacent to its sister store, Total Image Salon. The fullservice florist’s new studio features an expanded showroom and design center stocked with new products.

Catina Simmons’ Beach Whiskers, formerly located a few doors down from Total Image, is now located at 3417 Pacific Avenue, on the same block as Hooked on Books, and Between the Lines Boutique. The boutique gift shop offers a wide variety of family and beach-themed products, including jewelry, toys, candy, cards, original artwork, novelty items and vacation necessities.

Congratulations go out to Kieran & Jim from Hooked on Books, who, much to their humble expectations and happy surprise, won the Philly.com/Inquirer/ Daily News Readers Choice Award for Best Bookstore.

Milestones With the closing of Silens, Douglass Candies & Fudge is now the oldest business in the Wildwoods (and the oldest on the Boardwalk by a good margin).

Originally opened in the exact same location at Wildwood Ave. & the Boardwalk in 1919, the timeless sweet shop and candy-making facility is entering its 98th year! No other business on the island is quite the Wildwood Time Machine than the Douglass Candies Store & Pavilion.

Wildwood boardwalk’s 2 most iconic pizza places, has Mack’s Pizza in

its 65th year, while Sam’s Pizza Palace celebrates its 60th anniversary.

Justina Ziccardi of Marcellina celebrates 10 stunning years on the southend of Wildwood boardwalk!

Giovanni and Sandy Sanzone have some fresh ideas for their new acquisition, Avalon Coffee in Rio Grande. The popular business now offers homemade bread along with a variety of menu additions. A major remodel of the shop is planned to get underway after this summer. The Sanzones grew up working in a family-owned pizzeria business, then started and owned Little Italy Restaurant in Wildwood Crest for 20 years. They sold Little Italy in 2016, moving on to their latest venture.

Farewell...

The end of an era in Downtown Wildwood was marked last October, when Silen’s Shoes & Resort Wear closed its doors after 97 years of continuous operation. According to retiring owner Barry Rasmussen, his great grandfather, John Silen, opened the store in 1919. Silen had operated a business on Richmond St. in Philadelphia before relocating to 5 Mile Beach. His store grew and went on to cater to generations of residents and vacationers at Hand & Pacific Avenues.

After decades of serving customers along the Spruce Avenue entrance boulevard in North Wildwood, the seasonal McDonald’s closed its doors last fall. It continues to sit vacant, with no indication of what may replace it.

Keep an eye on...

Extensive renovations are ongoing at the long-shuttered 7 Seas Cafe, at New Jersey & Burk Avenues. According to workers on-site the week after Memorial Day Weekend, a plan is in place for a liquor store to open this summer.

Like the proverbial shifting sands of time, change is one of life’s few constants.

Even so, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen an offseason as active as the one just passed in the Wildwoods. Each new business, every burgeoning venture detailed here (as well as those still to come) will have the opportunity to place a unique footprint on our island.

Their stories are just beginning, as our grand tale of fun-by-the-sea continues to be written.

Here’s to memories, old and new Summer 2017, here we come!

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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ~Desmond Tutu

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Christine Pedrick with family & friends celebrated her 50th birthday “Rocking the Dock” @ Uries.

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Coach Scott McCracken Wildwood Boys Basketball

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Local Cathy Miller Cancer Fund supporter Moira Downey-Miller with her sons, Jackson & Dylan

Cheryl Pipher, Graceann DiAndrea, Peter Hart, Laurie Kerkering, & Sean Ryan

Steve Davis, Vince Lyons, Mona Davis & Bobby Wolfe (Seashore locals)

The Cathy Miller Cancer Fund was formed in 2006 with a mission to “Help Another Person” in their battle against cancer. To fulfill that mission, the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund selected the AstraZeneca HOPE Lodge as its charity of choice. Located in Cheltenham, Pa., the HOPE Lodge provides free lodging to cancer patients from all over the world, while they are being treated at any of the cancer hospitals in Philadelphia.

Not only does the HOPE Lodge relieve the financial burden of travel for its cancer patients, it provides access to the most advanced cancer treatments, administered by world renowned oncologists.

With free lodging, advanced treatments, world renowned oncologists, the HOPE Lodge perfectly matches the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund’s profile for “Care, Comfort and Support” in our fundraising efforts.

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A generous check presentation from Urie’s Big Fish Group - Dawn Torres, Trish Miller, Kevin Coombs (from Urie’s), Frank Miller & Fran Dunphy, Head Coach of Temple Men’s Basketball team

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“Let’s get together and feel alright. . .” ~Bob Marley, One Love

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Our Key West Style Waterfront Restaurant serves one of the best breakfast’s on the island! Walk along the palm trees and slide up to a table either under the deck, in a gazebo, or under an umbrella. Soak up the sun and the waterfront views of the bays of the Wildwoods.

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Spend a day on the water crabbing, fishing, cruising or anything your seafaring heart desires aboard one of the pontoon boats in our fleet. Looking for something a bit more energizing or eco-friendly, rent a paddle board or kayak and take in some of the wetlands and wildlife of the back bays of New Jersey.

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“The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” ~Zig Ziglar

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Helen & Bud McCartney by their “Nash” automobile, Wildwood 1954

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Fate, and a bit of Wildwood’s romantic setting intervened for Jack McCartney’s parents, Helen & Bud, who may have lived around the corner from each other in Philadelphia, but found each other on a crowded beach in Wildwood by-the-sea, where their hearts would finally meet and sweep them away in their own sea of love.

On that fateful summer day in 1947, little did either know that a routine trip to the beach would lead them on the journey of a lifetime. While laying on her blanket in the sand, Jack’s mom turned to the young man whose foot happened to be in such close proximity to her, that she boldly asked if he wouldn’t mind if she laid her head on his foot! Jack’s dad, naturally, was so captivated by her beauty and told her that he wouldn’t mind at all. Then, just like that little ditty says, “First comes love, second comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage...” first Dan, followed

by Jack several years later. Helen & Bud McCartney planned to live their happily-ever-after together with their little family but sadly, God had other plans. Jack’s mom passed away at the young age of 52, joined just 7 years later for eternity with Jack’s brokenhearted dad, the love of her life.

Now Jack proudly carries his parents love in his heart and has happily lived his own life filled with love for his wife Renee and their daughter Grace, who he gets to share the sweet story of how his parents found true love by the sea...

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“Sorrow looks behind. Worry looks around. Faith looks up.” ~Anon.

BRIDGES OF FAITH DAY

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“Shine like the sun!” ~psalm 37:6 Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Bridges of Faith Day was held May 21, 2017 symbolizing God’s eternal light that has been shining over our island since 1874.

On Sunday afternoon, 4 of 6 North Wildwood churches united to honor the city’s religious diversity at the site of the first Scott Jett, North Wildwood City Clerk worship service which was held at Her- and Historian eford Lightouse in 1878. The first service was led by Keeper Freeling & Abbey Hewitt, devout Baptists. As the population grew, the need for churches arised.

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Andre Tomalino, WWII Glider Pilot

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Fr. Wallace of Wildwood Catholic and St. Ann’s on 15th & Central Aves., both of Notre Dame de la Mer

Mike Zumpino, Pres. of Triad Assoc.

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Fr. Nicholas Rafael of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church in Anglesea with faithful lifelong member Bill Mitchell

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“Those who live at the beach stand in awe of your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy!” ~Psalm65:8

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BRIDGES OF FAITH DAY here is a small group of past residents of the Wildwoods that can truly be referred to as “Founding Fathers”, or “Founding Mothers”, in the case of Margaret Mace.

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Freeling Hysen Hewitt ranks near the top of the list. “ ~ Steve Murray

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Every one on the island mourned Captain Hewitt’s death on May 5, 1923. His obituary read, “Pioneer Dies.” Abbie followed him on December 28, 1928. They are both buried at the First Baptist Cemetery in Court House.

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Freeling & Abbie’s daughter, Lena Hewitt Burns with son Wilmer Burns II. Lena was a school teacher at the Anglesea Public Shool located across the street from the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse. She married the principal, Wilmer Burns at a ceremony held in the lighthouse on June 27, 1906.

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Freeling & Abbie’s daughter, Brooxxe Hewitt with nephew Wilmer Burns II. Brooxxe never wed and lived with her parents.

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“Often in life we forget the things we should remember, and remember the things we should forget.” ~Anon.

5 Miles of Smiles!

A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you.

Plunge volunteers, Natalia & her girls with Margaret Mace school friends

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Amazing drone shot by Bill O’Connell This year’s plunge was record-breaking in many ways, with 1,500 plungers, 56° air temp, 45° ocean temp.

The Fallen Heroes Plunge is dedicated to the memory of law enforcement heroes who lost their lives in the line of duty. All proceeds benefit the Philadelphia Fallen Heroes Fund, MRSA Awareness as well as Local scholarships.

Ice, Ice, Baby Lisa, Jen, Larry from Port Richmond

Earl, Bill & Dan from East Falls

save the date . . . .

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It’s a beautiful thing to think of 1000s of people plunging for our fallen heroes

Robert, Liz & Scott McCracken

Awesome job Dennis Dool, event organizer ...!!

Steve Wible & Walt Deegan

Maddy, Maeve, Jim, Stevie, Bill, Jack, Jimmy

Queens of Nilewood (and kings!) of Port Richmond Lisa, Lois, Lynn, Sue, Anne, Carol Tony, George, Jack

Steve Rossi with Dolphin friend

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“We must always have old memories and young hopes.” ~Message from a Fortune Cookie

My Wildwood Was Theirs

By JOSH KINNEY

Anna and Dominik Creneti ~1940

Ann Phillips Picolli, Frances A’anunziata and Elizabeth Santore Dunn ~1938

Anna Creneti (center), Elenor Bruno Murphy (right) and friends ~1939

Elizabeth Santore Dunn ~1940

Ever since I was a young boy, Wildwood has held a special place in my heart. It’s a place of summer’s anticipation, peace, excitement, priceless memories and genuine fun. The whole scene is captivating, the feelings exquisite, from the drive down until you hear the rumble of the car’s tires against the metal grate of the Rio Grande Bridge. Curving off Exit 4b onto the straight stretch of Rt. 47 I can see a giant glimmering Ferris wheel on the horizon and the neon lights of a retro Wawa coming up on the right. Wildwood is an island that I can claim, a place I know inside and out, a little blessing next to an enormous sea. At night, when I’m curled up on the porch under the awning, listening to the distant music from the adjacent Beach Creek Restaurant with the potent odor of a low tide bay across the street, I feel something I can’t feel anywhere else. Looking over the railing I can see lights from the Uries restaurant sign and a few cars passing over the bridge, but for now I’m on the side that’s by the sea.

I wasn’t the only one taken by the Wildwoods though, no, the island had a rich history with my family that went back to my great grandparents. They too felt the same way I did, just in a different era. Wildwood was in their hearts as it was passed down to mine and as I will pass on to my children and hopefully theirs. Of course times have changed, people have changed, places have changed, but the island is the same, the streets are still there, the same ocean crashes on the same beach against the same sand along the same boardwalk. The same smell of a low tide bay settles over the same neighborhoods. There’s nothing like what is yours, and the island has that feeling that in some way, although shared by thousands, it is mine too.

In the late 1930’s my Grandmother, Elizabeth splashed by the sea with other children and a Wildwood lifeguard at the end of Montgomery Avenue. Little did that small Italian baby know that her kids and grandkids would occupy the very same beaches. They

were from E Street in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, and every summer their whole street would rent the same places together along the bay in West Wildwood. To them, vacation was their neighborhood collectively, picked up and planted in a new setting: the Wildwoods. The strong sense of community is something to be admired by the generations of today. My Grandmom spent her summers growing up on the island, fishing with her brother Anthony on an old lifeguard boat that came with the cottage they rented, swimming in the ocean and walking up to the boardwalk arcades at Hunt’s Pier to see Laffing Sal, an automated character that produced a raucous laugh, frightening some small children and annoyed adults. Today such a character would be considered creepy, and the perfect entity for a horror film, but back then my Grandmother thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

One summer during the 1950’s, after a strong rain storm, a flood swept through West Wildwood and my Grandmother and her brother took their small boat to the neighbor’s houses and to the market at the end of the street. “It was one of my favorite and most distinct childhood memories,” she said, “My father almost lost his swimming trunks.” She recalls being with her neighbors, taking the boats to get around. “It was crazy, but it was really fun too.”

Years later, when she was in her twenties, she danced the night away at the firehouses on New Jersey Avenue with her husband, the legend, my loving grandfather James Dunn. Their five kids grew up to love the Wildwoods too, and the same treasure has been passed on to me. There’s a sense of security about being next to the ocean. A consistent faithfulness that’s never changing, and always beautiful. The waves will never stop crashing and the wind will never stop blowing and the vastness will always be vast. My family’s heritage and memories reside on this island, and what I know and treasure as my Wildwood by the sea, was theirs just as well.

Rose Bush and Hildebrand family ~1948

Anthony Santore, Elizabeth Santore Dunn and James Dunn ~1954

Anthony Santore, John Sullivan and Edward Sullivan ~1954

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“Life is amazingly good when it’s simple, and amazingly simple when it’s good.”~Anon.

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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

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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!

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I just finished reading your Holiday issue of The Sun. The stories of many people were enjoyable to read. They brought back so many memories to me, all the way back to the 1950s when everyone would venture to Wildwood. I was only 17 when I first drove to the shore with my sisters. We would travel Blue Anchor Road and Route 50 on a dark Friday night, never thinking the car would break down or we would encounter a deer back in those woods.

We did not have cell phones back then and it was very dark and lonely along those roads.

When I got married, my husband and I continued to take our vacation in Wildwood, soon with our five children. It started out as one week in August and gradually went to three weeks as the children got older. Our first vacation with the children, ages 2 to 10, was on a hot day in August. We packed our blue station wagon with crib, stroller, beach chairs and umbrella, linens, clothes, food and a small TV because back then most places did not furnish linens and TVs. My husband never made reservations. When we arrived to

The Sun is my favorite paper of all time. I can’t wait to get down to Wildwood (from Camden County) to pick up my copy. It’s the first thing I go looking for. You should be very proud of all you have accomplished. I always say to my kids, “A day down the shore is not complete without the Sun!” ~Sharon DiAmore

Wildwood we stopped at many places trying to find a room for seven people.

Finally we stopped on 19th and Surf Avenue to check an apartment on the ground floor of a three-story home. We were lucky that it was available. It had a cottage in the rear of the home and there was a family of six staying there from Philadelphia, and my husband knew their families. (He was a person who could go to the desert and meet someone he knew.) All the kids were the same age and got along with one another. We did everything together, all 19 of us. The boardwalk, beach, bicycling, fishing, fireworks, music concerts, miniature golf, ice cream, church and birthday parties, you name it. So that was our place for vacation for many years until the kids were old enough to go down and stay with their friends. We would see the other families during the year at different events and reunions in Wildwood. When my husband passed away in 1998 I bought a place at the shore. Now my children and their families can enjoy the beaches of the Wildwoods because there is so much to enjoy at the shore. We are so lucky and have so many memories. I share this photo taken on the beach in 2014 of our entire family, all 31 of us.

My children gave it to me for my birthday and it hangs over my fireplace at the shore. Our fun and memories at the shore will live on for many years.

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“I was happy anywhere I could see the ocean.” ~Ai Yazawa “Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.” ~Pierce Harris, Atlanta Journal

Those lucky enough to have spent their childhood summers at the shore may recall that sense of play captured during endless days spent among the surf, sand and amusement piers. Although our beaches and boardwalk offered (and still do) a larger-thanlife adventure, we were also fortunate to have numerous playgrounds taking their memorable spot on our seascape. From Diamond Beach and throughout the Wildwoods, our favorite seaside play areas found their own cherished place in our treasured memory boxes…

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“The wild ocean would always have her wild heart... She knew someday the sea would call her home.”

Summer Vacation Memwithories in Wildwood by-the-Sea Debbie Esher O’Connor

Little Debbie 1956

Pop Pop James Esher drove a trolley Nana & PopPop with friends 1929

Jim, Nana, Aunt Annie & PopPop 1938

Nana & PopPop with friends 1947

for PTC in Philadelphia and would bring his wife Nana Jean and son Jim to Wildwood for a week’s vacation every summer. They LOVED Wildwood, and thus, the great legacy of happy memories began. They were true beach bums, as their treasured photos attest.

Naturally, Jim grew up with sand between his toes and, when he married Nancy, shared his love of Wildwood with her. Jim and Nancy would soon pass that love for all things Wildwood onto their four children, Debbie, Jimmy, Bruce and Scott.

Debbie’s mother liked to tell her that she made the trip to Wildwood before she was even born (in her womb). Jim, who worked for GE, had three week’s summer vacation when the plant would close. Eventually, the extended family would summer by the sea together. They headed down the shore from the Tacony section, with the car loaded up. They would even bring Tabby the cat, complete with a cardboard box with holes, for the drive.

During the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they rented a house in Wildwood Crest on Miami Ave., and occasionally in North Wildwood and West Wildwood before buying property on Juniper Ave. in Wildwood in the early 1980s.

A typical summer day for the Eshers went like this… Nana & Pop Pop were early risers and would go to Latimer’s Bakery for fresh snowflake rolls for lunch and coconut danishes for breakfast. Mom would prepare breakfast before they all went for a bike ride on the boards. After that, they would head to the beach. Mom never packed lunch because she didn’t like to feed her family sandy sandwiches, so they would return home to eat. Debbie’s mouth watered

Hunt’s Pier

Debbie at Hunt’s Pier 1961

as she remembered her favorite Jersey tomato and cooper sharp cheese sandwich on a warm snowflake roll. After lunch, it was naptime for her younger brothers. Debbie loved having her father and grandparents to herself at the beach, and, being the true beach lovers that they were, they would stay until it was time for dinner. Nights, of course, were spent on the boardwalk.

Debbie married Tom O’Connell and they continued the family tradition of spending as many summers in Wildwood as they could. They purchased their own home in North Wildwood in 1989. Tom retired from the Philadelphia Fire Department in 2011 and Debbie retired from Fox Chase Cancer Center the following year, allowing them to make Wildwood their permanent home. Sadly, their dream of living happily ever after seaside was cut short

by Tom’s sudden death in May of 2012.

Debbie has her little furry family of 2 Gordon Setters, Chappy & Snookie, and 3 cats, Ralphie, Mudgie & Drusis, to keep her company. Her brothers Jim, Bruce & Scott also share her love for Wildwood, and like the generations that came before them, happily spend part of their summertime by the sea…

Dorothy Kulisek and Meg Corcoran

The Eshers at a Wildwood Crest rental on Surf Ave in 1962

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“Every picture tells a story...” ~Rod Stewart

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Nana & Scott, 1970

Debbie & Carol 1968

PopPop, Debbie & Jim 1961 PopPop & the boys 1968

Bruce & Jimmy 1968

Nana & PopPop with friends 1956

Debbie & Carol getting ready for a night on the boards

Capt. Scott Esher 1970 Debbie & Mom Nancy 1965

Nana, Debbie & Jimmy 1961 PopPop, Jimmy & Scott 1971

Nana Bruce & Jim 1973 PopPop. Jim & Debbie 1962 Miami Ave. beach

The Eshers at a North Wildwood rental on Surf Ave in 1968 Debbie 1956

Nana & Debbie 1959

Nana & Debbie 1959

Jim & Nancy Esher 1962

Aunt Viloa & Nana 1968

Nana & Debbie 1956

Nana & family in West Wildwood

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“Give me the sun and the sea and a little spot to just be.” ~Beach proverb

BEACH BANNERS

By Marilyn Guidetti

Bob & Fran Guidetti in their happy place by the sea

During a hot weekend last summer, I took some of my guests down to our crowded beach. We worked our way around the many tents and umbrellas, trying to get a place near the water. When we finally got settled I was wondering why my friends were looking around in amazement. They were “city folks” and I knew they hardly ever got to the beach, I also knew our beaches are very different then many beaches north of us, but I could not get over the look on their faces.

More people kept coming down to the beach, they set up tents and umbrellas and many chairs. They pushed carts, wagons, wheel barrels and strollers. They tried to stake out their “territory” by laying towels and blankets on the sand around their group. Then they put up flags and banners with many different names and symbols and of course the American flag with smaller happy hour pendants beneath it. Looking back over the beach there were so many colorful flags and banners it was almost magical.

My friends were still looking around with a strange look on their faces, then one said “I didn‘t know your beach featured a fair.” Then I looked around with that thought and I realized it did look like a fair, with all the flags and the tents. I laughed and told

her, no it was not a fair but the flags were a way for family members to find the others in their group and the tents made it easier to stake a claim with a little space around them.

As I was explaining that to her, I saw my son in the distance bringing our family flag down to us. My friend was puzzled when she saw that it had a giant clothespin graphic on it. I shared this story of the clothespin with her.

“Many years ago we had young cousins by the dozens and the family always used any excuse to get together for dinner or a party. In those days, not every house had a clothes dryer, so clothes lines were set up in backyards. While the grown ups prepared the food and enjoyed their cocktails, the cousins played out back. Somewhere along the line they invented a game that involved hiding clothes pins and pinning some on unsuspecting relatives. Of course this was to the chagrin of the mother who had to hang laundry the next day. As the cousins got older they brought their game a step further. Whenever the family had a social event eg: graduations, weddings, birthdays etc. they would purchase a bag of clothespin and pin them on someone, who would walk around not having a clue that he had a clothespin on his shirt or other article of clothing. It would be funny to see a prim and proper person strutting around with a clothespin hanging from her hem and not knowing why she was attracting so much attention. At one wedding the master of ceremonies liked the idea so much he said he was going to share it with his other clients. As the years went by we called ourselves the Clothespin Clan and of course we always brought along a bag of clothespins when we were invited to anything.”

When we decided the family needed our own landmark flag, cousin Fran and her daughter Alexa designed our flag and cousin Rob put it together. My friends loved the story and enjoyed all the unique flags and banners. They said they will have another interesting thing to talk about when they tell others about their North Wildwood weekend.

Nicole Guidetti getting ready to pin the next clothespin victim

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These are the good old days

W ildwood’S Chamber of commerce

Restaurant Showcase at the Bolero MAY 10, 2017

For more info call Jack @ 609-408-5919 or go to BoogieDownSaturdayNight.com sponsored by Cape May Whale Watcher

Yogi Kurtz, former owner of Neil’s Kathy & Wally Lerro of the Bolero Lori Roach, Pat & Tom McGuigan Wildwood Chamber of Commerce Rick, Bill, Joe & Scott of BoAtHoUse

Kevin, Jason, Dawn & Andrew of URIE’S

Kelly Tolemeo NW Councilwoman & PoTiTos BakerY

Jessica, JOHN, & Abigail Schwakoff MS BRowN JEweLeRs {Look for Abigail in the baby parade!

Aug. 2nd., 2017}

Sue Maxwell & Scott Hudson of WILDWOOD

Kathy & Glenn of JoHnSon’s PoPcORn

Angelo Giouros & Chef Glenn of ScHeLLenGeR’S

Donna, Frances & Jennifer NiNO’s

Val Trevelis & Trish Asselta of WILD FOX & DUFFINETTI’S

Luba & Elaine from Douglass Candies

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

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 Each year. the Greater Wildwoods Chamber of Commerce presents $1000 Scholarships to local college bound high school students.

seth@fuscellarolaw.com

100 E. Rio Grande Ave. Wildwood, NJ 08260

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Save the Date!

Partners in Preservation “Preserving our history”

Historical Holiday Tour Dec. 1st Holiday Tour 6:30-9:00

Take a self guided tour of Historical places. B&Bs, Museum, Churches and homes. $10. Donation collected at first place visited. {Become a friend for only $10.}

Tim & Barbara Blute with Tramcar Mary

Steven Clark, Poet and Volunteer at the GW Chamber of Commerce

Complete list of events at www.wildwoodnjhistory.com e-mail: partnersinpreservation@yahoo.com tel.: 609-214-2253

JIMMY RAINES Flooring Contractor 609.972.5012

Carpet • Hardwood • Tile Serving Cape May County and the Wildwoods for over 25 years

Rich Spinetta

Phyllis & Peggy ~ Forever Young

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“Ageless are the diamond sands that stretch across this heaven shore... With quill in hand, this poet stands by Neptune’s realm forevemore...” ~Oksana Rus

Wildwood by-the-Sea, N.J. PostCards

All postcards on this page are courtesy of George Boyer Museum, Wildwood, N.J

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“I found my happy place the minute I saw you.”

My Heaven. . . Paradise. . . Happy Place

submitted by ronn rodden Postcards from the Wildwood Museum

Ronn’s mother souvenier shopping

Ronn’s Grandparents, Aunt and Cousins Wildwood NJ, 1941 I was born on May 1, 1969 and spent my very first summer in Wildwood, NJ with my parents Ronn & Jo. My first motel stay was the Satellite. That started it all… My Heaven, Paradise, Happy Place. Every year from then until 1988, my Dad worked summer weekends for Coca Cola and saved for our week’s vacation. We stayed at many motels like Pan Am, Cara Mara, Crusader, and the list goes on. We also took day trips whenever possible, always to Wildwood.

The smell of the air, the sand, the boardwalk, and the ocean waves crashing provided such good memories.

We traveled around the island and always found new things. Wildwood ALWAYS has new things to show, from the back bay and the restaurants to all the shops. I remember spins on the Jumbo Jet and the Himalaya and, of course, the unforgettable, “Watch the Tram Car Please.”

From 1988 to 2001, I would head to the shore sporadically with my kids Christina, Alexandra and Nicholas, building great memories for them.

Fast forward to the year 2011, when my girlfriend Jonna and I, on a day trip for my birthday, ended up in Wildwood. What a birthday that was! She loved it!

Since 2014, we’ve made Wildwood our annual summer week’s vacation, creating memories for our daughter Veronica (b.6/14/2013) and Jonna’s daughter Victoria.

Recently, we’ve stayed at the Aztec and Gondolier. We love our all-you-can-eat crabs at Urie’s, our slices of pizza at Mack’s, and our breakfasts at Vegas Diner.

My two grown daughters spend time in Wildwood occasionally along with my two grandkids, Julia and Adam, who also LOVE it, making for another generation building their own Wildwood Memories.

Thanks to social media, I stay connected to Wildwood daily. Since I live 145 miles away, I subscribe to The Sun by-the-Sea to get a taste of Wildwood. Being shore lovers, I proposed to Jonna on June 15th, 2016 in Cape May at the SS Atlantus and gave her a Cape May Diamond for her engagement ring. We’re planning a Wildwood beach wedding in 2017, with our families here to enjoy our special day.

I’m glad I get to share my small part of Wildwood history alongside those of so many generations of Wildwood lovers…

Ronn with his parents on a beach stroll

Ronn in a baby carriage with the iconic Rio Motel in background

Baby Ronn with his family on a morning stroll

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“Down by the waves is a place I want to go, it’s a place called “long ago” a long, long time ago. “ ~Chris Kastle, folk singer

She met her True Love in Wildwood Story & Photos submitted by Kathleen Wlodarczyk Johnson Cass & Leo’s daughter

Kathi dressed for a night on the boards, 1956 Cass, age 20

Aunt Margaret (Girlie) McCusker Gains

Leo & Cass on the beach 1948

Vincent after a fishing trip with his dad Vincent in his dad’s boat in the yard

Kathi, Cass & Whiskers the cat

Vincent wearing his Superman sweatshirt with a friend

Cass with Tom McCusker photobombing

Grandmother Sadie Kenkelen with cousins Jimmy & Stephen McCusker

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“On the way to Cape May, Stone Harbor’s skies were blue... We were naming the day when Wildwood came in view....”~Cozy Morley

Love Story on 13th Street Story & Photos submitted by Kathleen Wlodarczyk Johnson Cass & Leo’s daughter

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Leo & Cass in a park on Magnolia Ave. after Sunday Mass at St. Ann’s, 1955

Is 13 an unlucky number? Not for Cass Candello and Leo Wlodarczyk because they met on the 13th Street beach in North Wildwood approximately back in 1947 when the beach wasn’t so crowded. Cass left Philadelphia around 1942 with her small son, Vincent, for North Wildwood to grieve for her recently deceased husband, Joseph Candello. With $1,000 in savings, Cass was able to get a $2,000 mortgage on a small bungalow in North Wildwood not too far from the Bay. Life was simple in North Wildwood then – no phone, no TV. There was a man selling fish for 50 cents each, an egg man, a neighboring farm, and kind neighbors who never hesitated to help each other.

My father, Leo, was recuperating from a leg wound from Normandy Beach and staying at a boarding house on 13th Street. As my mother used to jokingly say, Leo needed a home and she needed a handyman and a father or Vincent, but they were an attractive couple and fell very much in love. They married and divided their time living in Philadelphia and North Wildwood.

Family from Philadelphia were always visiting and staying at the shore house. During the 1950’s, my dad loved to fish, go crabbing, and maintain their neat yard. Leo had a small handmade table by the side of the house where he meticulously cleaned and cut into filets all the catch of the day. Summer evenings

growing up were filled with walks to the Bay, the boardwalk, an occasional movie, ice cream at Stern’s Grocery/Candy Store, or the ice cream fountain on 17th St. Not having a car, we were used to walking everywhere, though I was partial to riding the double decker bus that circled the island. Family boat rides along the Bay with my dad to enjoy the summer sunsets are a treasured memory.

After working and living in Philadelphia, it was my dad’s dream to come back to Wildwood, perhaps buy another boat and resume his second favorite pastime – fishing (the first being ice skating). Sadly, he passed away at 71 and my mother followed him 25 years later.

My dreamer’s head was filled with magical tales of Wildwood, and the early childhood days of freedom and carefree living. Cass used to tell me that Wildwood was the summer playground for the Indians who had made trails to the ocean (Route 9), and that eventually the first roads were built from their trails. Leo would tell us stories of the pirates and Diamond Beach.

We would spend hours digging in the sand hoping to find gold bullion and diamonds. Family geography lessons about Wildwood and other shore points being islands were given at an early age.

Time has moved on. My parents told me it didn’t snow in Wildwood.

There used to be more hotels and bakeries; the clubs I went to are gone (except for the Shamrock). It took a long time, but I am back in paradise dividing my time between North Cape May and Wildwood and loving it.

Look for us at Wildwood’s Downtown Farmer’s Market Every Saturday next to Dolly’s Biscotti and Pizzelle

2 GREAT STORES IN ONE BUILDING 300 & 302 99th St., Stone Harbor, NJ

609.967.3336

BLue eDen www.BlueEdenStoneHarbor.com

Carrying unique items like this fun, detailed one of a kind sweater.

Super comfy loose fit long sleeve multi color hoodie knitted pullover.

Just arrived...Unique, Beautiful and classic handmade jewelry in sterling silver by aym collections!

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“If you compose your dreams into a music, then your dreams will become the music you will always love to sing.” ~Auliq-Ice.

She found herTrue Love in Wildwood Wildwood by-the-sea, New Jersey

Lounge Singer, Pat Peterson aka Patti Callan

Pat & Pete at the Thunderbird

Tony Christian with Pat & Pete at Valentino’s 1964. Tony & Pat performed together

Pat & Pete mid-1970s

The Callahan family

Patti Callahan Peterson was one of five daughters born into an Irish Catholic family. At the age of 18, she won Miss Northeast Philadelphia pageant from Times newspaper. A recruiter was in the audience and offered her a job with a group called The Twisters. From there she began traveling the country, much to her father’s dismay. Patti ended up in Vegas with this group, and then switched to a group called Mike Pedecini Quintet, appearing around Delaware county and Steele’s Ship Bar in Somers Pt. After leaving this group, she went on to sing with a group called Frankie Mayo and the New Yorkers, working in New York, and then on a USO trip to Thule, Greenland, to entertain 6500 troops. After her time in the arctic cold, Patti headed to the sunny shore, where she would spend the summer of ‘64 in Wildwood by-the-Sea. She then got a job at Phil and Eddie’s Surf Club where she waitressed. She had rented a room at the Hofbrau hotel, and then Rita Simone, the owner of Valentino’s, offered her a job waitressing and singing with Tony Christian. But it was at the Surf Club where she met a handsome young man who was a bouncer at the club, Big Pete Peterson as he was called. They fell in love at first sight and had their first date on July 4, 1964 and were married on November 29, 1964. In October 1965 they had their first child, then two more after that. Pat and Pete lived happily ever after for almost 40 years. With many ups and downs along the way, she fondly remembers how their story all began in their little sandy slice of heaven by-the-sea, Wildwood New Jersey.

In the years that followed, Pat got involved in local politics and was elected as the first woman on the Middle Township committee on November 4, 1980. She was the first woman to run the public works department. After five years when she was not reelected, Patti went back to her normal job as a mother and wife. She also continued to waitress at the Merion Inn in Cape May for 10 years. After that she went to work at the hospital with Dr. Prahbakar for 16 years when she finally retired after numerous illnesses and the death of her beloved husband Pete. What a wonderful and memorable life she has had in Cape May County. Today she is loving her retirement!

Patti Callan at the Surf Club

Pat with Rita Simone of Valentinos

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“The greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories.” ~Og Mandino

Pete and Pat Peterson by the beautiful sea. . . p h oto s o f p e t e & pat p e t e r s o n

Wildwood by-the-sea in the 1960s

Dave Snyder, 1964

Nancy, Joe & Jackie Peterson

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

BOARDWALKPARADES 7:30PM

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Cape Atlantic Irish Pipe Brigade

BIKE RIDING ‘til 12 Noon

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TUESDAYNIGHTS Main Stage

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!”

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Boardwalk Special Improvement District

Craft Shows

on the Wildwood Boardwalk just south of the Convention Center

Summer of 2017

July 1-2-3 Aug. 5-6

July 15-16 Aug. 19-20

July 29-30 Sept. 1-2-3

www.boardwalkcrafts.com 9am - 5pm

FREE Admission

Parking Available

Rain or Shine

Call 522-0198 or 522-0378

. . . Morning, Noon & Night!

“Heading down the shore, to have a ball once more! Oh those Wildwood days!” ~Bobby Rydell

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Under “old” Management Located Directly Across from the

Beach Taxi

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Franconi’s pizza free delivery

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$25.95

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609–522–2800 oak and the boardwalk wildwood nJ

Owned & Operated by the original Douglass Family

Since 1919

Wildwood Ave. on the Boardwalk 609-522-3875 New 2nd Location! on the corner of 96th St. & 3rd Ave., Stone Harbor www.douglasscandies.com

mollasses paddles

2 Large 18” pizzas 2 Liter soda

Candies

assorted choclates

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3501 Boardwalk at Cedar Ave • Wildwood, NJ www.marinersarcade.com

609-522-7786

ENS BIKE E S GR Est. 1963

free parking for bike riders

Beer, Wine & Cocktails Lunch • Dinner Late Night Menu

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Open 7am CAPE MAY

STONE HARBOR

WILDWOOD OCEAN CITY

Whipped Creamy Fudge • Premium Chocolates • Saltwater Taffy

RENTALS • SALES • SERVICE bicycles • tandems • Surreys

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Ocean View Patio Dining

Celebrating our 45th Year!

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Wildwood Locations Roberts Ave. & Boardwalk 609-522-4396 22nd St. on Boardwalk 609-729-6022

Cape May Locations 513 Washington St. Mall 609-884-2834 728 Beach Drive 609-884-4287

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ON THE CORNER OF POPLAR & PACIFIC AVE. IN WILDWOOD, NJ (609) 729-3861

all specials are subject to change

Schellenger’s Restaurant

Join us Aug. 27th-Sept. 1st for Wildwood by-the-sea Restaurant Week

Best Seafood & Best family dining –Freetime

1 1/2 Hours

FREE Parking

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3516 Atlantic Ave. • Wildwood, NJ • 609-522-0433

Open daily 3:00pm ‘til Years of Early Birds Sun - Fri 3pm - 5pm from $14.50 Delicious Memories Cocktails • Beer • Wine • Martinis New Menu Selections • Children’s Menu all major credit cards accepted

Shrimp, Buffalo Wings, Cheese Steak Egg Rolls or Crab Puffs Good only with purchase of adult meal. One per person.

Not valid with any other offer or take-out. Must present coupon when ordering. ~SUN~

FREE

D N U O R R A OPEN YE 2014 & 2016 2014

3900 Pacific Ave. (Pacific + spicer) Wildwood

(609) 408- 8956 • zippysbikes.com

Downtown Wildwood

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OPEN 5pm-5am delivery til 5am!

• pizza • subs • sandwiches • stromboli & much more!

3707 pacific ave., wildwood • 523-1515 New! Across from the Wildwoods Convention Center

Open 7AM - 3PM

FINE DINING

Breakfast is served all day!!

FEATURING VEAL, STEAK, CHOPS, CHICKEN, SEAFOOD & PASTA DISHES

A Wildwood Favorite Since 1985

Friday Nights with Benny Marsella “Sounds of Sinatra”

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Every Saturday Night

Corner of Montgomery & Ocean Aves. • Wildwood, NJ

Oak & New Jersey Aves. WILDWOOD, NJ 609-729-5755 Tarantinis Panzarotti ITALIAN KITCHEN Express OriginalCheese ... 5 $

Open 7 Days a Week 11am to Late Night Gourmet Quality at Take-Out Prices

Cannolis

13 Flavors

(1) $3.50 (6) $18. (12) $30.

• Banana Cream • Classic (Original) • Butterscotch • Pistachio • French Vanilla • Strawberry • Cookies & Cream•• Orange • Lemon Peanut Butter • Key Lime • Chocolate • Nutella

Pepperoni ...

.95 +tax +tax

$6.95

• Pasta & Meatballs or Sausage

Baked Ziti Lunch ••(Served Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo over Fettuccine) • Scampi over Linguine Specials • Shrimp Eggplant Parmigiana over Pasta • Chicken Parmigiana over Pasta only $5.95 each • Pasta with Meat Sauce • Tortellini a la Carlo

11am - 3pm Daily Served w/Garlic Roll

(Blush Sauce Shrimp & Crab Meat) • Lasagna • Linguini w/Garlic & Oil • Crab Meat Marinara over Linguine • Shrimp Marinara over Linguine

Take Out • Fast Delivery ($10 min.) Gourmet Dinners Starting at $11.95 Includes Salad & Rolls www.ItalianKitchenExpress.com 3104 Pacific Avenue • Wildwood

609.522.0025

Wildwood & Ocean Ave. WILDWOOD, nj

609-729-1555

1-800-4-lauras

Our Gift to You! Since 1926

www.laurasfud ge.com

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O P E N E A R LY F O R B R E A K FA S T A N D L U N C H Home of the Stuffed Burger L O C AT E D B E H I N D A L F E ’ S O N O A K AV E . I N W I L D W O O D

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SHOP • DINE • PLAY & STAY

Now Open!

Full Service Bar

Bennett & New Jersey Aves.

Wildwood by-the-sea 609-522-7894

3 % 1/2

SALES TAX

HOLLY BEACH TRAIN DEPOT

4712 PACIFIC AVE. WILDWOOD 609-522-2379 Larry Lillo celebrates 70 years on Pacific Ave!

“Have you heard of us?

We think you have! ”

violi House a R

South Jersey’s Most Complete Train Stop Cape May County’s Only Authorized Lionel & MTH Dealer

WE BUY, SELL & REPAIR TRAINS

NEW! CUSTOM CARS NOW TAKING ORDERS!

“Watch the tram car please!”

TOY TRAM CARS IN STOCK

CAPE MAY PT. MAGNESITE PLANT

HollyBeachTrainDepot.com OPEN 10AM-4PM CLOSED SUNDAY

HUNT’S PIER CAR

New with operating headlights $14.95

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Delicious Years!

Teresa invites you to visit her new full service bar for before or after dinner drinks RESTAURANT, BAR & TAKE OUT Open Every day 4 ‘til 10 EARLY BIRDS Monday-Friday 4 ‘til 5 PASTA & PASTRY SHOP Open Every day 10 ‘til 10 Full Assortment of Your Favorite Italian Pastries Cookie Trays, Cakes, Pies, Breads & more

Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @theraviolihouse www.theraviolihousewildwood.com

Pacific Grill

Dedicated to High Quality Service Since 1948

New American Cuisine Traditional dishes prepared in innovative ways B.Y.O.B.

Island inspired cuisine brought to you by award-winning Chef John Schatz and Bob Dimitrov of Union Park in Cape May *Free Parking Available

watercolor by Dorothy Kulisek

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

www.pacificgrillwildwood.com

NJ License # 13VH01834100

Serving Cape May County for 3 GENERATIONS! Specializing in Gas Forced Air Heat & Central Air Conditioning

5104 PACIFIC AVENUE, WILDWOOD • 609-522-0121 • FAX 522-7313

WWW.BOWMANSAIR.COM

800-638-4393

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Downtown Wildwood

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for the woman who’s on top

A FUN GIFT BOUTIQUE! www.BeachWhiskers.net

Gifts

WE

MOVED!

Toys Jewelry

Shells Greeting Cards Beach Supplies

between Oak & Cedar on Pacific Avenue in downtown Wildwood

SINCE 1969

Clothing

Art & MORE!

WILDWOOD’S FIRST BOUTIQUE 3415 PACIFIC AVE. WILDWOOD 609-522-7200

• Voted Best Book Store on the Shore • We Have Books You Can’t Find Anywhere Else!

Categorized & Alphabetized

www.hookedonbooks.info

“You won’t believe it’s a used books store!”

27 t Li e r a r y Ye a rs !

 Used-Books  Lower Prices Great Selection 3405 Pacific Ave. @ Oak in Downtown Wildwood (609) 729-1132

Come and visit Mia!

She’s the newest kid on the block!

On the corner of Glenwood & Pacific Ave. Wildwood, NJ • 609-408-6524

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SHOP • DINE • PLAY & STAY

Drinks • Dining • Outdoor Seating

Happy Hour 5pm to 7pm > $3 Micro Brews, $4 Wines, $5 Appetizers, $6 Martinis

Early Dining 5 to 6pm > 2 Entrees for $25, 4 Choices

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OPEN YEAR ROUND Serving Dinners from 4pm

Make Uncle Bill’s your First Stop!

Uncle Bill’S Pancake HoUSe Burk & Pacific aves.

Wildwood by-the-Sea • 609.729.7557 Open every day 6:30am ~ 2pm BreakFaSt & lUncH Plenty oF Free Parking

“Where Cooking Comes from the Heart” Now that’s amore!

Early Dining Menu 4pm - 5:30pm Daily 4 Courses from $9.95

4 Courses: Soup, Salad, Entree & Dessert

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Wildwood, NJ 609-52Annie on the corner of Schellenger

3601-11 Pacific Avenue

FOOD R SONG R SPIRITS “Eat Well, Sing Much, Drink Often”

TOTAL IMAGE Thrift Store A Really Cool secondhand clothing shop

. . . new merchandise arriving daily!

and I mean cheap!

Call for Your Appointment

609.523.8700

A FULL SERVICE SALON

Danceclub Thursdays DJ Eric Bartello “Back in the Day” music DJ Johnny Looch Fridays 8pm to close

Fri & Sat 7pm - 11pm

Dueling Pianos I Shake, Rattle & Roll

176 Keys + 20 Fingers + Booze = A whole lot of FUN!

Come Sing Along!!!

On the corner of Rio Grande & Pacific Avenues Wildwood, NJ {Complimentary parking directly across the street in our lot}

Floral Design & Gifts

• Coppola Keratin Smoothing Treatment • Foil Highlighting • Body Waves • Waxing • Matrix Color & Precision Cutting • Corrective Color • Airbrush Makeup • and more. . .

Newly Expanded

Open Wednesday thru Saturday Stylists: Barbara, Bill, Gail, Mary, Robert and Dina

We are happy to accept donations of gently used items.

Corner of Taylor & Pacific Ave.

Wildwood 523-1166

Wedding Specialists 202 E Rio Grande Ave Wildwood, NJ 609.523.9500 Petalswildwood.com

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Still find your treasures at 4501 Pacific Ave. downtown Wildwood Slightly used clothes • electronics • records • décor • small appliances

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Happy Hour aT THe Bar 4–6 pm

$20 Three Course Early Bird Menu 4:00–5:30pm Preferred Seating Available

Small plate menu at the Bar Specialty Coffee Drinks, espresso, Cappuccino Live entertainment Friday & Sunday Nights

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Brand New Items for Summer 2017!

GYMS “WILDWOOD’S LARGEST GYM” 17,000 Sq. Ft. • Daily, Multiple Day, Weekly & Monthly • Open Everyday • Over 150 pieces of Equipment • Outside Gym Area • Central A/C • Personal Training • Tanning • Supplements • An “unmatched” Free-Weight Area • Private Locker Rooms

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WILDWOOD, AVALON, SEA ISLE CITY, OCEAN CITY & EHT

ATILIS GYM

3015 PACIFIC AVE. WILDWOOD, NJ 609-729-2050 WWW.ATILISGYM.COM

ADULTS $13.99

children 1-3 eat frEE 4-6 $6.59 • 7-10 $8.59 beverage not included.

M.S. Brown Jewelers

SINCE 1950

3304 Pacific Ave., Wildwood, NJ 609-522-7604 MSBrownJewelers.com 3 Mechanic St., CMCH, NJ 609-463-8799

ALL YOU CAN EAT SEA & LAND Buffet

breakfast Buffet

Served 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ASSORTED HOT & COLD CEREAL FRENCH TOAST • BELGIAN WAFFLES CHIPPED BEEF • PANCAKES WESTERN OMELET • SCRAMBLED EGGS • RED OAK OMELET • HOME FRIES • BACON • HAM • SAUSAGE SCRAPPLE • TURKEY SAUSAGE HOT TOPPINGS • CHERRY BLUEBERRY • APPLE • STRAWBERRY HOMEMADE MUFFINS & DANISH

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

TWO SOUPS DAILY • FRESH FRUIT (In Season) • BROILED STUFFED FLOUNDER WITH CRABMEAT or BROILED FLOUNDER • BROILED GROUPER • BROILED TILAPIA FRIED SHRIMP • CRAB CAKES • MUSSELS MARINARA • BBQ RIBS • CHICKEN NUGGETS • MEATBALLS • CHICKEN TENDERS • BUFFALO WINGS • CHEESE RAVIOLI SPAGHETTI WITH BUTTER • ITALIAN HOT SAUSAGE • FETTUCCINI ALFREDO or LINGUINE WITH CLAMS • CHICKEN CORDON BLEU or CHICKEN FRANCAISE or CHICKEN ALFREDO or CHICKEN LEMON BUTTER • VEAL MARSALA or ROAST STUFFED TURKEY or VEAL & PEPPERS • HAND CARVED ROAST BEEF HAND CARVED HAM • MACARONI & CHEESE • RICE PILAF • FRENCH FRIES MASHED POTATOES FRESH VEGETABLES • HOMEMADE CAKES major credit VARIETY PUDDINGS and Much More

cards accepted

ADULTS $7.99

children 1-3 eat frEE 4-6 $3.99 • 7-10 $5.99

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230 E. Oak Avenue • Wildwood • 522-9560 FREE Parking • 1 1/2 Blocks from the Boardwalk

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“How beautiful can life be? We hardly dare imagine it.” - Charles Eisenstein JULY - AUGUST 2017

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

IDEAL LOCATION. Walk to beach, boards and dining from beautiful 2 BR, 2 Bath, 1st Fl condo w/open concept Liv area.

Spacious yard. Wildwood Crest $284,000.

CENTRALLY LOCATED. Spacious 2nd Fl, 2 BR, 2 Bath condo close to shopping, restaurants and marinas features open concept floor plan. Wildwood $193,900.

3 BEDROOM RANCH. With 2 Baths, Liv Rm, Kit, hardwood floors and large covered front porch, this home is a gem. Large fenced yard. Wildwood Crest $325,000.

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

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. Ambiance and ocean views, anyone?

Immaculate 3 BR, 2 Bath corner condo on the beach defines upscale living. Wildwood Crest $925,000.

BEACHFRONT RESIDENCE. Live your dream in this 3 BR, 2 Bath amenity-rich condominium. Open floor plan, unobstructed ocean and sunrise views. Wildwood Crest $599,000.

CONDO WITH OCEAN VIEW. Completely renovated 2 BR, 2 Bath, 2nd Fl unit. Glass & stone Kit, open floor plan, sliders to trex deck. Hitech features! N. Wildwood $374,900.

STEPS TO BEACH. 3 BR, 2 Bath beauty features oversize LR, Dining Area and WOW Kitchen. Garage, storage and all in an affordable package. Wildwood $284,500.

WATER VIEWS FROM DECK. Fabulous 3 BR, 1.5 Bath home on large lot has eat-in Kit w/breakfast bar, Fam Rm, Liv Rm, central AC. Closets galore! Wildwood Crest $299,900.

MAGNIFICENT FAMILY HOME. 3 BR, 2.5 Baths, Jacuzzi in Master Bath. Modern Kit, oversize LR w/sliders to Lg deck. Move-in ready. Wildwood $339,000.

BACK BAY GETAWAY. 3 BR & Bath home with fenced yard is near recreation complex, a few blocks to free beach. Needs a little TLC, Wildwood $179,000.

GOT STORAGE PROBLEMS? 3000 Sq foot +/- block building w/ steel beams on 80X100 lot. Excellent for warehouse and much more.

Offstreet parking. Wildwood $179,000.

Exceptional Homes. . . Ocean included

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

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Inspired by a quest for never-ending days by the sea, here at The SUN we’ve created this “Endless Summer” edition, which offers a fun, creative format for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks to two unique, Wildwood-inspired covers, The SUN promises to never end! On your search for endless summer days, we hope you’ll enjoy this latest endeavor that is sure to knock your flip-flops off! Be sure to read The SUN from cover to cover and back again to fully experience this version of an “Endless Summer.”

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see you on the beach!

Dorothy

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

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“A good friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.” ~irish proverb

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Irish Fall Festival th r o ’s N d o o w d l i W

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Thursday, September 21st

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 22nd

Vendors - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Live Irish Entertainment - 12pm to 8:30PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Beer Garden - 12pm to 8:30pm Spruce and Olde New Jersey Avenue

Saturday, 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

For more info (609) 884-5230

5K RUN - 8AM SIGN-UP - $15. fee Olde New Jersey Ave. {advanced reg. at Owen’s Pub} gatrolley.com VENDORS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue BRIAN RILEY PIPE EXHIBITION - 10AM Bill Henfey Park at 8th & Central Avenues IRISH DANCE LESSONS - FREE - 10AM to 12PM - Anglesea Volunteer Fire Company, 2nd & Olde New Jersey Avenues LIVE IRISH ENTERTAINMENT - 12pm to 8:30PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Beer Garden - 12pm to 8:30pm Spruce and Olde New Jersey Avenue

Sunday, September 24th

CATHOLIC MASS - 10:30AM 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 - 12:30PM Starting at 20th & Surf to Spruce & Olde New Jersey Avenues VENDORS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue

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

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“Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~Harvey Fierstein

North Wildwood Recreation & Tourism presents the Summer of 2017 North Wildwood, a place in the sun for family fun!

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

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

Independence Day Fireworks Tuesday, 17 Boardwalk at Pine Ave. 10pm July 4th, 20

NJ State BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival

Fri., July 7 - Sun., July 9 Fri 4pm-11pm; Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-6pm, Olde New Jersey Ave., North Wildwood, njbbq.com

Sidewalk Chalk Competition

Sat., July 8 All ages. Bill Henfey Park. Contest 9am, Judging 10:45am, Prizes 11am

Anglesea Nightmarket & Food Truck Nights

Thursdays ~ July 13 & 27, Aug. 10 Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-10pm

Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Races

Friday, July 14, 6pm 15th Avenue Beach, North Wildwood 609.522.7500

Boogie Board Races

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

20th Annual Miss North Wildwood Competition

Wednesday, July 19, Interviews 10am at North End American Grill

Thurs., July 20, 6:30pm Crowning of Miss North Wildwood at Lou Booth Amphitheater, 2nd Ave.

Christmas in July with Santa Claus

Saturday, July 22 Begins at 1pm on the Beach, North Wildwood

Summer Camps

Buckets Basketball Camp NW Rec. Boys and Girls

July 3 - 7 9am-2pm Ages 9-15 yrs. July 17 - 21 9am-1pm Ages 6-9 yrs.

July 31 - August 4 9am-2pm Ages 9-15 yrs.

North Wildwood Soccer Camp

Full Day 9am-3pm, Half Day 9am-12noon at Bill Henfey Park July 10 - 14, July 24 - July 28 Boys & Girls 5 to 15 yrs.

Kitchen Wizards Cooking Camp

Beginning Cooking Monday through Thursday 5:30-7:30pm July 10 - 13 Sweets for Sweeties, Ages 5-9 July 31 - Aug. 3 Chocolate, Chocolate & more Chocolate! Ages 10-14 Aug. 7 - 10 Cooking Around the Clock, Ages 8-12

Concerts Under the Stars

at Lou Booth Ampitheater 2nd & Ocean Aves.

FREE Concerts All Summer Long!

All ShowsThursdays & Saturdays 8pm

July 1 Shirley Alston Reeves July 6-8 No Show BBQ Blues Festival July 13 Buddy Holly Tribute Show July 15 Real Diamond

Neil Diamond Tribute July 20 B Street Band Bruce Springsteen Tribute July 22 The Four Aces July 27 The Diamonds July 29 Temps & Tops Revue

Motown Music Aug. 3 Jimmy & the Parrots

Jimmy Buffet Tribute Aug. 5 Chicago 9 Chicago Tribute Aug. 10 Lights Out Frankie Valli Tribute Aug. 12 Forever Tina Salute to Tina Turner Aug. 17 Ladies of Rock Aug. 19 Almost Cher Tribute to Cher Aug. 24 Tim Gillis Aug. 26 The Cameos Sept. 2 Beatlemania

The Best #1 Free Beaches!

North Wildwood’s Beach is 1.5 miles long and is guarded from the Inlet beach to 25th Ave. 23 Lifeguard Chairs & 70 Lifeguards 22 Handicap Surf Chairs are available NWBP Headquarters 15th Ave. & Beach nwbp@northwildwood.com (609) 522-7500

42nd Annual Around the Island Row

Monday, August 21 7am 15th Ave. Dean Randazzo Surf School Mon. - Fri. 10am-1pm Ages 6-16 The Surfing Beach is between 2nd & 3rd Ave.

Save the Date!

Science Explorers

August 7 - 11 Take a Dive - Ages 7 - 11 Half Day 9am - 12pm or 12:30pm - 3:30pm Full Day 9am - 3:30pm

Play-Well Teknologies Lego Inspired Engineering Camp June 26-30, Aug. 14 - 18 Ages 5-6 & 7-11

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

CARDIO & CUT 8am YOGA 9am

Tuesday: ZUMBA 8am

September 8 - 10

48th Annual North Wildwood Rec Surf Fishing Tournament

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

2017 Exercise Class Schedule

Wednesday:

CARDIO MIX 8am Yoga 9am

Thursday: ZUMBA 8am

Friday:

YOGA 8am BOOT CAMP 9am

North Wildwood Allen Park

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

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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

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5th Ave. Boat Ramp 5th & the Bay

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

Fall Events

Waves & Wheels Festival Saturday, Sept. 9 10am-10pm Olde NJ Ave. Boots at the Beach Country Festival Fri- Sat, Sept. 15 - 16 3pm-10pm, 10am-10pm Olde NJ Ave.

Irish Fall Festival

Thurs., September 21 - Sunday, 24 8am-11pm daily

Halloween Trunk or Treat Block Party

Sat. Oct. 28, Olde New Jersey Ave. Vehicle check-in 5pm; Event 5:30pm-7pm Tot Time~ Parent supervised playgroup Tues-Thurs at NW Rec. begins 10/3/17

$5. per class Saturday: YOGA 9am

Sunday:

ZUMBA 9am

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“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien

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SUMMER SPECIAL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SHOW TIMES 5PM - 9PM

Sue & Julia Walden

There is a $10 donation for these events, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.

SATURDAY, JULY 1

DON’T CALL ME FRANCIS - CYSTONOSIS BENEFIT

SUNDAY, JULY 2

BLACKTHORN - SEVERAL SOURCES BENEFIT

FRIDAY, JULY 7

CHATTERBAND - RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BENEFIT

SATURDAY, JULY 22

BLACKTHORN - FILL A NEED BENEFIT FOR AUTISM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9

LIVE COMEDY SHOW - JOE MATARESE - ST. JUDE HOSPITAL BENEFIT

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12

DON’T CALL ME FRANCIS - AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19

CHATTERBAND - LOVE OF LINDA BENEFIT

GRAB A BITE!

PIZZA SHACK

HOMEMADE PIZZA • ORDER IN OR CARRY OUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO EAT, JUST DRINK!

609-845-7363

For more information, visit theclubatdiamondbeach.com RALEIGH AVENUE & THE BEACH WILDWOOD CREST, NJ

Sue Walden. Photographer. Beautiful Soul 12/16/16

In typical Sun by-the-sea fashion, much

colorful collaboration went into creating our epic summer cover ~ a moment captured in time by our dear beloved friend and amazing photographer Sue Walden.

Sue, Megan Rogers and Sun editor Dorothy Kulisek teamed up with a group of local teens to display the ultimate road trip to everyone’s favorite, sandiest destination, Wildwood by-the-sea, NJ. They arrived courtesy of the 1966 VW Bus named GypSea, the island’s newest retro Photo Booth bus designed for pure fun in the sun.

Also in standard SUN style, our young models channeled the nostalgia residing within every true Wildwood lover with their timeless beach attire and the sheer enthusiasm that comes from finally reaching our seaside slice of paradise in the coolest form of transportation… outside of a surfboard, that is.

Back in The Sun’s early days, when shooting our summer covers, we would set up our models in their vintage swimwear and pretend it was a hot, sunny day, which took a bit of effort considering the days of our shoot were typically freezing cold, windy spring days! Since so much effort goes into making our cover photos as authentic as possible, we eventually transitioned to doing our shoots “in season” instead of out, which is why we shot the Summer 2017 cover

back in August 2016. Being published posthumously, Sue Walden’s photo is now even more of a treasure in the sun.

On the flip side of our summer cover, from the archives of Aladdin Color, shines an original 1960s photograph of a group of teens at the Gondolier Motel in Wildwood Crest (which happily is still located at Lavender Avenue & the beach). David Bard began Aladdin in 1953 during the motel building boom. He created many of the colored postcards & brochures of Wildwood back in the day.

Naturally, because we here at The Sun are the biggest fans of all things retro, it is only fitting to feature these works of art together, as Mr. Bard’s photos have been the inspiration behind many of The Sun’s cover photos!!

@Gypseapics www.GypseaVWphotobus.com

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“Always be humble and kind.” ~Tim McGraw, Ephesians 4:2 Sponsored by the Tourism & Development Commission

Stand Up Paddle Board Rentals

Free Delivery and Pick up

Presents the

Summer 2017 4400 New Jersey Ave., Wildwood, NJ 08260 tel: (609) 522-2444 fax: (609) 523-2444 www.WildwoodNJ.org

Summer Events

in Wildwood by-the-Sea

Friday Night Fireworks June 23 - Sept. 1

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

Rockin’ at the Doo Wop Joe Stamile Amphitheater at Fox Park

Ocean Ave. between Montgomery & Burk

*Every Sunday at 7:30pm FREE

2017 Schedule

Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Races

A Salute to the Stars and Stripes

by Linda Gentile

Ultimate Frisbee Tournament

The Infernos America’s #1 Show Band

July 28 Lincoln Ave. Beach July 29-30

National Night Out

August 1 at Fox Park

Wildwoods Baby Waddle August 1

Wildwoods Baby Parade August 2

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

Navy Seal Challenge August 13

wildwood beach baseball tournament

August 12-13, 19-20 wildwoodbeachbaseball.com

Wildwoods Restaurant Week August 27 - Sept. 1

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 2

July 9

July 16

The Blue Notes Recording stars of “The Love I Lost”, “Bad Luck”, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” Richie Rosato Former Lead Singer of the Duprees

July 23

Sensational Soul Cruisers Tribute to classic performers from Otis Redding and the Drifters to Barry White and the Commodores

July 30

Chicago 9 Chicago Tribute Band

August 6

Jeremiah Hunter Old time Rock -n- Soul

August 13

Jimmy Lee & Night Fever Tribute to the Sound of Philadelphia Rainere Martin Tribute to Donna Summer

August 20

Reign Pop, R&B, and Oldies, to Standard Rock & Contemporary

August 27

First Ladies of Rock & Soul The 60s Girl Group Experience

Wildwood Block Party and Music Fest Sept. 3 at Fox Park

One hour $30 24 hours $70 3 days $150 7 days $240 Hourly Rentals by appointment only

We meet at the public dock on 5th Ave. and the bay in North Wildwood or in West Wildwood

*we also rent kayaks

www.supguynj.com 609-435-4129

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”Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense—these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.” ~Proverbs 23:23

5 Miles of Smiles!

Let’s Twist again... like we did last summer! ~Chubby Checker

Tracy DuFault, Executive Director at Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce and Ben Rose, Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Greater Wildwoods Tourism

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Floyd Crawley, aka Rabbit the mason stopped by for a visit with Pam at the Wildwood Museum. He just celebrated his 75 birthday :-)

#tbt 2013 Angelo & Anna of BagelTime Cafe

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Help Wanted

New Jersey & Chestnut Aves. in North Wildwood

“We’re just a Little Bar on a Big Island” FIREHOUSE TAVERN

Park Blvd. at Pine Ave. Wildwood

609-729-9487 Try Our Homemade Pork & Spinach Sandwich!

• Hot & Cold Sandwiches • Package Goods • Ice Cold Beer

Jon & Gig are regulars at Hershey’s Ice Cream. Here they are waiting for the Tram Car with owner, Danny Ferrazzano

Cook E Jarr was thrilled to see his story in The SUN! Did you read it in the last issue?

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“May the long time sun shine upon you, and All love surround you.” ~a blessing

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 25 through Aug. 17. 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 : Mon. July 31 - Fri, August 18

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 30 8:30 a.m. Mon & Weds., thru Sept. 6 Fee required

sunset Yoga on the Lake Tues & Thurs 7:30pm July 6 through Aug. 17 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 29th 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 29th 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. The first 300 registrants are guaranteed a long-sleeved T-shirt. Call 523-0202 for info.

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

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SUMMER LIVE Music SERIES through September 16

Wednesdays 7:30p.m.

Centennial Park, Fern Rd. and Ocean Aves.

July 5 ~ Sass Faction (classic rock) July 12 ~ Billy D Light Trio (classic rock) July 19 ~ Big Bleu (pop, rock, dance) July 26 ~ Beat Tells (Beatles tribute) Aug. 2 ~ Mango Men (summer-themed party music) Aug. 9 ~ Fuse Box (classic rock) Aug. 16 ~ Street Life Serenade (Billy Joel tribute) Aug. 23 ~ Star Band (oldies, Motown, doo wop) Aug. 30 ~ Stellar Mojo (dance,pop, funk)

Saturdays 7:30p.m.

Centennial Park, Fern Rd. and Ocean Aves.

July 1 ~ Legacy Band (dance/party hits) July 8 ~ Showtime Dance Band (Motown/oldies/dance) July 15 ~Funk Evolution (oldies, funk, disco) July 22 ~ Glimmer Twins (Rolling Stones tribute) July 29 ~ 2U (U2 tribute) Aug. 5 ~Desert Highway (Eagles tribute) Aug. 12 ~Jamison Celtic Rock (pop/rock w/Irish twist) Aug. 19 ~Don’t Call Me Francis (dance, party hits) Aug. 26 ~ B Street Band (Springsteen tribute) Sept. 2 ~ Shot of Southern (modern country) Sept. 9 ~ Soul’d Again (soul, funk, oldies) Sept. 16 ~ Roundhouse Band (dance, party hits)

Wildwood crest sunset celebrations

July 6 through August 24

thursDAYS July 7:30 to 9:30p.m. thursDAYS Aug. 7:00 to 9:00p.m.

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

through August 27

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 2017 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

Mid Atlantic Yacht Racing Junior Regatta Sunset Lake Thursday, July 6 Hosted by GWYC

Cape May County Lifeguard Championships Friday, July 7 Rambler Rd. Beach, 6:30pm

4th Annual Crest Sand Sculpting Festival Saturday, July 8 Heather Rd. Beach 9am-2pm

Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Run Saturday, July 29, 8:30am

Beginning and ending at the Wildwood Crest Beach Pier on Heather Rd. The first 300 Registrants are guaranteed a long-sleeve T-shirt

National Night Out

Tuesday, August 1, Centennial Park 5:30PM - 8:30PM Fun for the whole family!

Save the Dates!

Firefighters’ Weekend Craft Show Friday & Saturday, September 15 & 16 Sunrise Park at Rambler Road & Ocean Ave.

Seafarers’ Celebration

Saturday, Sept. 23 - Sunset Lake: Street festival 9am.-5pm.

Live Music 7:30pm & Fireworks Show 9pm at Centennial Park

September Splash Open Water Challenge

Saturday, September 23 Sunset Lake, St. Paul Ave. 8:45AM Wildwood Crest Dolphin Swim Team hosts Swim & Paddleboard Races. Awards will be presented to winners.

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Wishin’ for Good fishin’ with Capt.

Gary Sloan

Dear Fellow Anglers Hello and Welcome to the fish story column.

I hope all you serious anglers have followed the drama in regards to the Marine fisheries fish regulations. I am glad to see the government officials joining the fight for some practical applications of these regulations. Congressman Lobiondo and New Jersey DEP Director have been supportive. I believe fishermen want fair regulation based on proof and facts, not the misdirected and unsuccessful management plan of the Marine Fisheries. Basic civic courses tell you that any law which is not viewed as fair and equal by the public is doomed to fail.

These regulations are turning sportsmen into violators who frequently say they are fed up with the treatment of anglers by Marine Fisheries.

What a shame for all.

Moving on, Mother Nature hasn’t been kind to the fishermen in the early part of the season for Stripers, Seabass and Drum fish. Not that the fish haven’t been biting, but the wind has been making it difficult for small boats. Hopefully, the summer season will abate that problem. The Delaware Bay Drum provided a great bite in the April Full Moon. Most of the Drum fish will be out of the bay by the end of June.

July and August will bring the smorgasbord of species into our waters.

Since the Seabass will be limited, the Fluke will become #1 target for most inshore boats. Bluefish should be available in the ocean and back bays. Larger Weakfish in the spring brings hope they will appear in good numbers and size throughout the summer. Wreck fishing in August should produce some Trigger fish in addition to the normal catch of Seabass, Blues, and Fluke. Fishing at night near docks, jetties and bridges can be really successful for Blues, Weaks, and Stripers. The inshore waters will come alive with Croakers, Kingfish and small Blues.

All provide great fun for the youngsters. Most of the local Bait &Tackle shops will be helpful in techniques and locations that are producing fish.

I believe the offshore anglers dream for these months. All the pelagic species arrive such as Tuna, Billfish, and Mahi. I realize an offshore canyon trip can be expensive, but the exotic fishing, the unique environment, and the whole visual experience can be something you will remember forever. Late August Mahi, Cobia, and Tuna will venture inshore generally 20 to 30 miles off Cape May. Passion for sports like fishing can be very difficult to explain. Often I watch my wife’s eyes roll back in her head as I talk about my experiences. I just leave it to the pros to make the case for my passion.

Henry David Thoreau, one of nature’s premier authors stated, “In wildness is the preservation of the world.”

So, go wild in our little part of the world! …and better yet, share the exFIND A MISTAKE? perience with a loved one.

It is our pocily to include something for everyone. God bless, Since some people like to find errors, we reglularly include a few in our plubications.

Captain Gary Sloan, North Wildwood, NJ

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“Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.” ~R. Sheffield

. . .by the beautiful Sea!

The Beach Boys ~ Tommy, Steve, Tim & Brian Mason 1982 after a surf dash at the Beschen-Callahan Lifeguard Races

70 summers ago...

Peggy France visits her neighbors Patsy and Buzz Scullin…

They’re still enjoying those Wildwood days

On the back of this photo is written, “Sophie, July 12, 1936, “Father Diamond Day” Wildwood Beach.

If anyone knows about this day, please email thesunbythesea@gmail.com

{Photo below and to right are of Catina Blinebury Simmons enjoying her summers at the shore} Catina loved her childhood summers spent at her grandparents house on Hand Ave. in Wildwood, where she worked on the Boardwalk as a teenager at Mariner’s and Olympic Arcades.

Many years have passed since her grandparents and great aunt planted their roots by the sea, buying their summer home in 1952. It is a tradition Catina & her husband Russ and kids are happy to continue. She is proud owner of Beach Whiskers, a beach store for the entire family reminiscent of the old time variety stores common during her grandparents’ generation.

Their Wildwood days blissfully live on at 205 E. Hand Ave…

Lifeguard Nana on duty!

Nana Lawson watching her grandchildren, Gina and Dominic

Stan & Carol Gamble at Rambler Rd. Wes and Mamie Kuehnle, 17th Brother and sister, Gen and Jim Mallon, enjoying the beach, 1954. ~sent in by son Christian St. beach, circa 1954 ~sent in by Gamble who lifeguards at the same beach daughter Dianne Femia Wildwood boardwalk in the 1950s

Cassie Guzek with her grandmother and little brother, who happily spent their summers in Wildwood Crest.

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“. . . A few good days [at the beach] and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s right with the world.” ~Ada Louise Huxtable

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To: The Wildwood Sun From: Canada with Love Miriam & Patty at Surf Bikes excitedly holding their new issue of The Sun

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FRI Irish Happy Hour 4:30-7pm music w/ Jamie Ratchford Shrimp Night $14.99

SAT Prime Rib & Seafood Specials Live Music

SUN Turkey Dinner $9.99 Live Irish Music w/Mike Shackleton & Callie

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ALL SUMMER LONG Bessette family during their 2016 summer vacation

Marcos heading to the boardwalk on a special delivery with The SUN to his Oak Ave. Hot Spot

Wildwood SUN fan Jean Rowand vacationing in New Orleans with her girls: Jeanne, Mandy, Amelia, & Lola

Kate Orr took her Sun and headed to Miami beach for Memorial Day weekend

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A time to honor the Independence of our Nation Freedom can be heard through the crackles Fireworks are a symbol of our dreams On this day we say thank you to God When we hear the Star Spangled Banner, We put our right hands over our hearts As a sign of respect for our American Flag Our Flag that flies high above our free Nation

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Open DAILY at 7am

The Day After Labor Day September breeze, an island chill, the streets so quiet . . . still, seem wider now but soon they fill

with gulls that stride and squawk and boldly walk the middle of the road-I wish I understood

gull-talk perhaps they, too, feel harmony, no crowds, no noise now once again just sand, waves, sky, and sea . . . just gulls and me © Joan Bransfield Graham

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Reprinted with Permission From Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated

by David Diaz, Margaret K. McElderry Books (S&S), 2010

Joan was born at Long’s Maternity in Wildwood, NJ.

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“Take your shoes off,” purred the ocean waves.”

~Dr. SunWolf

WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J. The Best Things of Summer!

Submitted by Anne Stiles, Wildwood vacationer

Monday

Cheese Steak $1.95

Tuesday

Chicken Parm over Pasta Special $2.95

Wednesday

Wings (with Celery & Blue Cheese) $2.95 • Meatloaf Dinner $8.99

Thursday

Vintage Postcard, Wildwood Historic Museum

The warm feeling of sunshine on my legs, wearing flip flops every day, A cool breeze thru an open window while sleeping, Dolphins jumping the waves on 5Th street beach, Eating ice cream with my Grandson, Francis at Duffer’s, Seeing all the Osprey nests occupied and incubating their chic’s, Shore birds along the beach, Late sunsets, Fresh fruits: strawberries, blueberries, and peaches (Jersey of course!), Jersey tomatoes: warm or cold, cooked or uncooked, sliced, whole or chopped, Endless summer days awakened by the dawn chorus and lulled to sleep by the songs of crickets, Watching the 4th of July fireworks with my grandson, Viewing the spectacular sunsets from Vicky’s porch at “Ferry View”, The gardens at Hereford Lighthouse filled with a multitude of flowers, bursting with a variety of color, Warm sunny weather, day after day after day, Sun-showers followed by a rainbow, The multiple shades of green on the trees, Fresh vegetables, like pole lima-beans mixed with Jersey sweet white corn, My Mother’s vibrant purple morning-glories growing on my fence, Eating a fudgesicle on the beach and remembering the Fudgy-Wudgy Man, Sitting in the gazebo on 3rd street and eating a hotdog from Cliff and the coldest Pepsi on the beach from Ian, Walking the wall in the evening, counting the night herons fishing the lagoon, Fascinated by the power of the ocean when there is a storm out at sea, Slice or two of Joe-Joe’s pizza; taste great after midnight!!

Sam’s Pizza if you happened to be on the boardwalk, Stopping at Frog Hollow for a couple of dozen homemade donuts to take down the shore, Eating crabs at Two Mile Landing on the deck and oysters for happy hour, Sitting on my sister’s porch, watching the hummingbirds at the feeders and bluebirds fly to their nests, Movies on the beach, When the ocean is walk-in warm, reaching temps in the high 70’s and swimming enjoying one of God’s greatest creations; it is pure joy, Leaving the beach after the life guards, just before the sun starts to go down, Eating the very first Russo’s cheesesteak of the season, The first rainy day bowl of Rick’s Seafood famous *Clab soup, And summer doesn’t end until the end of September, officially after Irish Weekend. . . * Rick’s Clab soup is a combination of his Maryland Crab & New England Clam

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“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine ... it’s summertime!” ~Kenny Chesney Best Happy Hour on the Island Tues. thru Fri. 5-9 3 for $10 Domestic Buckets

ROCKIN’ SUMMER 2017

5 Miles of Smiles!

A smile is happiness you’ll find under your nose.

Sundays

Chico’s Vibe 6PM followed by Juliano Bros. 10PM

Mondays

w/Sensational Soul Cruisers 6PM followed by Deez2Guyz 10PM

Taco Tuesdays

Kiddie Karaoke 5PM DJ Mike Galioto 10PM

$2 Tacos / Reduced Twisted Tea & Tea Light

Well Drink Wednesdays

Dinner & a Kids Movie (starts at sunset) followed by The Benderz 10PM

$3 Well Drinks / Half Price Wings

Thursdays

Kiddie Karaoke 5PM followed by Mike LeCOMPT 6PM followed by Shot of Southern 10PM Reduced Coronoas

Fridays: Ritchie Baker 6PM, Double Trouble 6PM, Live Entertainment 10PM Saturday Afternoon Jams 6PM followed by Juliano Bros 10PM WWW. Keenansnorthwildwood.com

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John Sanzone of Avalon Coffee in Rio Grande whipping up specialty coffees on a busy summer day. John and his wife Sandy formerly owned Little Italy Restaurant in Wildwood Crest for 20 years.

Exciting plans are already in the works for the future of the coffee shop... stay tuned.

Daryl from the Wildwood Post Office

new!

Open 7 days MDW to LDW 8am-4pm serving Brunch Come experience Keenan’s Bloody Mary Bar & summer inspired cocktails!

Will Helm, Wildwood High’s class President and Mo Fathi, a sophomore, have lots of good times to remember... from Margaret Mace to Wildwood High.

Celebrate Summer with us!

IRISH PUB Lunch • Dinner Early Birds • Late Night HAPPY HOUR

Live Entertainment

AT BAR ONLY TUES-FRI 4-6PM UPSTAIRS & DOWNSTAIRS $5 SELECT APPS $2 DOMESTICS • $3.50 WELL DRINKS TUESDAY PRIME RIB NIGHT $13.99 WEDS: SUPER SIZE CHICKEN PARM $11.99 THURSDAY: BBQ CHICKEN & RIBS $13.99 REVERSE HAPPY HOUR 8-10PM

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DECK & PATIO Open from 11am for Lunch & Dinner Endless Ocean views & Ocean breezes

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New Cutting Edge Program at Wildwood Catholic HS —The future of the business world belongs to those who master the intricacies of technology. Students at Wildwood Catholic High School will be those masters. Currently, juniors and seniors are signing up for a new cutting-edge technology program that will roll out in September. By the time they finish the first Theresa loves reading The Sun in the sun of this two-year program, they will be highly employable in coveted summer positions in dozens of businesses.

When they graduate after completing both years, their resumes will land on top as they search for career jobs. Or, if they choose, they’ll also be well-equipped to start their own businesses.

An important part of the plan is adding new specialized computers to Wildwood Catholic’s existing lab, which will happen over the summer.

The administrators of the school are grateful to the generous donor who provided the monies for these computers.

To find out more about this proJohnny & Kasey Fetsick with their children Brielle gram, call the Guidance Office at Makayla & little Johnny’s waving hi from his stroller (609) 522-6243.

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By Bob Ingram The last place she should be was on the

10 Street beach in North Wildwood even if it was the most beautiful day of the summer so far, the sand a comforting white against the twin blues of the sky and sea while a smiling sun soared over its tanned and happy worshippers.

But her best friend Carrie had said that maybe a couple days at the beach would unlock the block that had settled over her nearly due project like a fog bank in July. She just couldn’t get untracked. Ideas came and went, fluttering like erratic butterflies, none though ringing that tiny inner bell that would tell her to push forward, that success was more than a shadow now.

It was only a three-minute exercise for her freshman summer dance class, but she was majoring in dance at the University of the Arts and this would be the first real test to see if she was on the right track or only following a romantic obsession that had been with her since she was nine and was transfixed by the Pennsylvania Ballet’s presentation of Swan Lake.

She was blessed with the compact, yet willowy body of the classical dancer and had studied various dance forms since that Swan Lake epiphany with the whole-hearted support of her parents, who had gladly undergone both the financial and logistical rigors of supporting a budding dancer. And her last teacher, herself a former Pennsylvania Ballet dancer, had encouraged her dream of a classical dance career, but had also advised her to pursue a college degree, thus her current dance dilemma.

“Just let your mind go blank,” Carrie said, after they’d settled in their beach chairs. “Maybe something will just float in or pop in, you know? I mean you’ve been obsessing over this ever since we left Philly. It’s only three minutes, after all.”

“Easy for you to say,” she said. “You try it. My mind is too busy to just turn th

it off and go blank like some Zen yogi or something. I only have a couple days before I have to present it and they even want some kind of sketches of the moves and the right music for it.

And I’m empty. Nothing’s there. And on top of that I’m feeling guilty for coming down the shore.”

“Let’s go for a walk then,” Carrie said.

“Might as well,” she said. “At least I’ll get some exercise.”

They had been walking for about twenty minutes and were nearing the Ferris wheel when they noticed many of the beachgoers looking out to sea and pointing and excitedly talking.

Just beyond the breakers a large pod of dolphins was skimming happily along, their dorsal fins gliding like silent rhythmic rudders. They stopped and followed the flowing , graceful cadre of dolphins, smiling to each other and nodding in appreciation.

Then, lo and behold, three what appeared to be young, frisking dolphins turned toward the beach and made three sets of perfectly timed tandem leaps, breaking from the water together as if in a show at Seaworld.

Spontaneously, the people on the beach applauded. As if in response, the dolphins performed again to even more applause, which brought an encore of soaring before the frisky trio headed back to the pod.

“Wow!” said Carrie. “Did you ever see anything like that? Hey, what are laughing at?”

“Because I’ve got it! They’re the answer. I’ve got it all in my head right now. I’m going to call it ‘Dolphin Dances’ and I’ll use three dancers and Debussy’s La Mer for the music.

Come on. Let’s get back. I can’t wait to sketch it.”

“Aren’t you going to thank me?”

Carrie said. And they headed back up the beach.

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“Precious to me—it is the Dinner Bell. Oh blessed Bell! Thou bringest beef and beer...” ~Charles Stuart Calverley, “Beer,” 1862 Summer Hours

9am to 2pm Monday thru Saturday Closed Sundays and National Holidays

Visit us at

Wildwood Historical Society

3907 Pacific Ave. Wildwood. 609-523-0277 www.WildwoodHistoricalMuseum.com

A short time ago I was listening to a

“golden oldies” station and came upon a song written and recorded by American country singer Roger Miller. Chug-A-Lug was recorded in 1964, and the lyrics included “Grape wine in a Mason jar” and the discovery of a big old barn where “we uncovered a covered-up moonshine still”.

While the song was a humorous reminiscence of youthful encounters, it was reminiscent of an actual time that took place in these United States called Prohibition and The Wildwoods were dry or so they were supposed to be. In October, 1919, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act; the legislation was more commonly known as the Volstead Act. Both federal and local government struggled to enforce Prohibition over the course of the 1920s, but Wildwood’s harbors and shoreline made it a bootlegger’s dream.

In a 1982 article from the Atlantic City Press, a local builder and club owner, Ben Lauriello purchased a wooden building at 501 Montgomery Avenue in Wildwood. While he was tearing out a wall, he found two rubber hoses. He traced the hoses up through the wall until they ended underneath two 1926 newspapers.

Under the newspapers he found a copper tank wrapped in burlap. The tank is reportedly a remnant of the building’s heyday as a speakeasy and brothel. Local sources reported to the Atlantic City Press that Lauriellos building had once housed a speakeasy called Chester Dick’s Harbor Inn. Lauriello eventually found two copper tanks embedded in the wall. The larger one is about three and a half inches thick— the thickness of the wall—and would hold an estimated 20 gallons.

The smaller one holds about five gallons.

Each had hoses running down to the first floor and up to the attic. The tanks were used to hide illegal whiskey from federal and state agents. Proprietors of the establishment apparently funneled whiskey into the hidden tanks from the attic. The hoses ran to the first floor, where customers presumably filled their glasses. The

in the

WILDWOODS copper tank on display at the museum has a series of puncture holes in it. In my conversation with Ben Lauriello, it was explained to him that they were bullet holes made by agents during a raid.

They would know about these concealed tanks and fire at the walls looking for them. This tank was either empty or not full enough to reveal it’s hiding place.

According to Stanley Gage of the Wildwood Crest Historical Society, at that time, “Wildwood was a pretty wild, open town during the 1920s.” Boats rendezvoused with mother ships to bring illegal Canadian whiskey into the harbors, which were ringed with speakeasies. Like many speakeasies of the day, Chester Dick’s Harbor Inn was also reportedly a brothel.

In reviewing some verbal history made by the late Mayor Doris Bradway who served as Mayor of Wildwood from 1933 to 1938, she fired the entire police department during the prohibition period.

She claimed they were engineering bringing in the booze and one detective had a “stable of girls”. In searching her memory, she recalls the old houses of Cedar Avenue that had 4 and 5 story houses, some of which served as brothels and “maybe a saloon or two in there.”

The detective did business with someone that reported it to the mayor and she had the girls brought in and they said “Sure!” It seems he was supplying the women for the men, and men for the women, so she fired him. According to the Bradway tapes, the police detective took her to court, but “they didn’t put him back because the court said I was right.” In the meantime, the rest of the police were doing everything they could to undermine her authority. According to the Mayor, they were all born here and had something called “natives’ rights” or “some such thing” In addition to her run-in with the Police Department, Mayor Bradway tangled with the Fire Department and fired them.

In her words, “Of course, I fired all the firemen. They used to run a gambling den

The “Dew Drop Inn”. We’re unsure of who owned it during Prohibition, but later it became the property of Bill and Bea Martin, and was called “Captain Bill Martin’s”

“Wildwood Harbor” later named “Otten’s Harbor” 1923, during prohibition when the harbor was ringed with speakeasies and brothels. {Photos courtesy of the Wildwood Historical Museum} right up there in the firehouse and I warned had such fun reminiscing and sharing about them. I received a complaint from wives of Wildwood through the years. The raves the firemen that the men would go up there were so much so, the Board is already planto gamble and then come home without ning to host another Open House during any money. Well, I raided it myself one the 50s weekend. The Chamber of Comnight. A lot of people and a lot of money merce has agreed to include us in their was on the table and I fired them all. There promotions, and the event will be held were a lot of volunteer firemen. I started on the Saturday afternoon of October 14. the paid department.”

More information to follow.

Admittedly, a lot of Wildwood’s history The museum is now open on a full-time is a bit “colorful” to say the least, but, basis - Monday through Saturday - 9:00 it seems the federal government came to AM to 2:00 PM - CLOSED Sundays and it’s senses and in early 1933, Congress holidays. If you are interested in purchasadopted a resolution proposing a 21st ing a brick printed with a loved one’s name Amendment to the Constitution that would or a family business, the cost is $100 for repeal the 18th. It was ratified by the end a 4x 8 brick and $225 for an 8 x 8 brick. of that year, bringing the Prohibition era In addition, the museum has several new to a close. donation options listed on their website., Ben Lauriello’s discovery stirred a few mem- www.wildwoodistoricalmuseum.com. Also ories among some of the residents around keep in mind the Wildwood Historical Otten’s Harbor. He very kindly donated Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity. Dothe tanks and newspapers to the George F. nations are tax deductible and gratefully Boyer Museum, and The Wildwood Histori- appreciated. The museum relies strictly on cal Society. We are very grateful for his public donations. and receives no taxpayer generosity and another reminder of a time dollars from the City of Wildwood.. gone by. When visiting the museum, take In closing, I ask you to remember you live in the time to check out the display. one of the most wonderful places to enjoy On Friday, June 2, the museum hosted an the glorious summer that will soon be upon open house with refreshments, and they us. In addition, remember “A simple act of ran a 1941 promotional CD of Cape May kindness creates an endless ripple.”

County. There was a wonderful turnout Until next time . . .be happy and be well! and the feedback was great. Everyone

Anne Vinci

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

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ummer by the sea promises blockbuster-in-the-making stories featuring sunny beach days, starry boardwalk nights and our favorite, coastal-loving celebrities, all destined to blend together as effortlessly as the sun and the surf. Surfing into town with that all-star cast, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is ready to play the lead role of lifeguard with an assist from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, all blissfully revolving around the one-andonly city of Wildwood, NJ. Inspired by so much comradery, the War for the Planet of the Apes is on an indefinite beach break, with boogie board races offering the most challenging battle. Freedom from the challenges that come with illegal activities has left Logan (feeling) Lucky he’s found true fortune in seaside fun.

Before taking that fortunate Leap! to the nearest seaside movie theater, please check your local listings for release date changes…

Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is still struggling to create balance in his life as Spider-Man: (finding a moment during his) Homecoming (opens July 7th) for typical teenage fun like watching FREE Movies on the Beach alongside Captain America (Chris Evans).

A couple (Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara) living within A Ghost Story (opens July 7th) of their own deal with life, death, the surreal spirit world and the constant creepy feelings one experiences during a nonstop trip on the Ghost Ship.

A distraught Caesar (Andy Serkis) leads a War for the Planet of the Apes (opens July 14th) against the humans, led by an elusive Colonel (Woody Harrelson) who got in fighting shape courtesy of the Downtown Wildwood Fitness in the Plaza.

When threatened by evil forces, special operative Laureline (Cara Delevingne) discovers fellow agent Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Dane DeHaan, opens July 21 st) battling an unknown threat before conquering one-of-a-kind The Great Nor’Easter.

Within The Emoji Movie (opens July 28th), emotions are running wild for a supposedly-emotionless emoji (voice of T.J. Miller), sending him on an expressive journey through numerous apps to fix his code alongside a fellow emoji (voice of Anna Faris), with just enough time to get

to the always exciting Christmas in July with Santa Claus.

Desperate to save his dying world, The Gunslinger (Idris Elba) searches for the man in black (Matthew McConaughey) as well as the legendary Dark Tower (opens August 4th), following the light created

by Friday Night Fireworks on the Beach.

A grieving dollmaker (Anthony LaPaglia) invites orphans into his home, where they soon cross paths with Annabelle: (his horrifyingly-possessed) Creation (opens August 11th), who observes little value in the childlike creativity abounding at the Sidewalk Chalk Competition.

On their way to the International Court of Justice, and with no time for a friendinspiring round of Baseball on the Beach, The Hitman’s Bodyguard (Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, opens August 18th) must stay one step ahead of an assassin (Gary Oldman).

An Around the Island Row would be a more law-abiding adventure for the Logan brothers (Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, hoping they get) Lucky (opens August 18th) during a NASCAR race heist.

A shoo-in at the Wildwood Talent Showcase, an orphan (voice of Elle Fanning) dreams of becoming a ballerina before taking the Leap! (opens August 30th) to Paris and the Grand Opera House.

As the Dark Tower rises over a bright summer night, the most interesting characters come out to play. Leading the movie pack is Spider-Man (whose) Homecoming naturally revolves around slinging his web from pier to pier, connecting with the coolest thrill rides. Atop the Giant Wheel, he spots Annabelle: (a terrifying) Creation who’s obsessed with KONG (hoping the infamous beast will come magically to life much like herself). She soon discovers A Ghost Story can’t compete with real live G-rated entertainment. Switching courses, she joins the cast of The Emoji Movie, who are experiencing every cheery emotion thanks to sugary boardwalk treats and countless rounds of skeeball.

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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

There’s Nun Like Her! Sr. Albertine

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{ARCHIVE: 2007, Vol. 4} Sr. Albertine, born in Abington, PA., joined the Sisters of St. Joseph order of nuns in 1950. In 1983, she came to St. Ann’s Convent in Wildwood where she taught as their 4th grade teacher. That experience supplied Sr. Albertine with countless stories she lovingly recalled in the pages of The SUN. In addition to being a unique teacher/ storyteller, Sr. Albertine also became known as a daredevil. Morey Organization employee Jim Kirk was taking care of maintenance work on the roof of the Pan Am Motel one day in the summer of 2007 when he offered Sr. Albertine a lift (and

a more scenic view of the island). She eagerly accepted, calling it one of the best thrills of her life (rivaled only by her trip on our boardwalk’s Great White Rollercoaster on Morey’s Adventure Pier). The photos here, supplied by Jim Kelly, are proudly labeled, “Sr. Albertine’s Great Adventure.”

Sr. Albertine retired in 2010 and moved into the St. Joseph Villa convent at Flourtown, PA to be closer to her sister. We miss seeing her happy smile. She enjoys receiving The SUN via mail.

We extend a huge, heartfelt, hug and kiss to our favorite nun. There’s NUN like you Sr. Albertine!

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

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

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

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2nd & Central Ave. 522-2271 Sunday Service 9am

Beth Judah Temple Pacific & Spencer Aves. 522-7541 Shabbat Services Saturday 9:30am Fri Eve. 6:30pm

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Crest Community Church Crocus & Pacific Aves 522-1618 FOOD PANTRY, Soup Kitchen & Clothing room: Mon 4:30-6:30

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“To live an extraordinary life, you must resist an ordinary approach.”

Oops! Pardon Me!

It was a simple trek that I set out upon one fine summer day. I wanted to walk down to the ocean, take a dip and then head back home. When I arrived at the beach I noticed a football flying through the air but paid it no mind until I set foot on the hot sand. Then, the next thing you know, a wall of bare chested teenage boys came charging towards me formed into the letter V in front of a scrawny kid running with that same football tucked under one arm.

“Hey, watch it, mister!” somebody yelled from behind me. I turned my head and saw a second wall of boys bearing down on the kid with the football, clouds of sand rising with every step. I must have had that deer-in-the-headlights look, trapped in the middle of these sandlot suicide squads.

The defenders plowed on and caught the running back, bringing him down by a shove into the sand. When the runner landed, the ball squirted out. “Fumble!” a defender shouted. “No way, it’s first down!” an opponent argued. The running back, covered with sand, sprang to his feet and pointed at the sand. “Down by contact!” he yelled. “The ground caused the fumble.” The argument continued. I moved on.

Further along, at the point where the dry white sand turns slate grey, I stepped over a crudely drawn line in the sand, the kind

~Anon.

by Joseph Russo

you might make with a clam shell or by dragging your big toe behind you, and discovered that I was standing in the center of a makeshift paddle ball court. I looked left and right: just behind the baselines stood the participants in what appeared to be a boy vs. girl matchup, the paddles resting on one hip while they stared at me with a “Do you mind?” look. “Sorry,” I replied with a sheepish grin as I stepped off the court.

At last, almost to the water! Suddenly, a ball rolls past me. It is red and bigger than a softball but I don’t recognize it. I follow its path as it passes by and see that it has come to a stop about 2 ft. away from another ball, this one colored white and a little bit bigger than a golf ball. Nearby is another colored ball, about 3 ft. away from the white ball. Wait, I know this game. Bocce! I played this at a picnic once. Downfield, about 20 ft. away, a group of older gentlemen are glaring at me. I look down at my feet: one bad step could result in the alteration of the path of the ball, like stepping on someone’s putting line in golf. Carefully stepping off of their makeshift court I nod and wave as if to say “oops! pardon me!” and head straight for the waves.

Bobbing on the crest of the waves I scan the beach to plot my route back and conclude that it might be a good idea if I move down a block or two before I start for home.

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“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” ~Proverbs 4:23

Love those Wildwood Days!

Bill Morey and Dolores Peterson grew up next door to one another in West Wildwood.

They fell in love at a young age and wed shortly after graduating Wildwood High.

They raised their children, began what is now considered the heartbeat of the Wildwoods - Morey’s Piers- and lived happily ever after for 65 years... Dolores lost the love of her life January 2017. This photo was taken on West Wildwood beach c. 1949

David Trottnow c. 1969 at 24th Ave. beach Irene Lopchinsky and her mom Mary in 1963 climbing the rocks on the beach Irene remembers her Mom and Dad would take her and her 4 siblings to Wildwood Villas every summer for a week.. And it was a treat to go to the boardwalk at least once.. Miss those Wildwood days!!!!

The Warney’s at the VIP Motel, 1970s

Wieckowski’s in Wildwood • Joanne & Vinny, Vinny’s Dad Ben, his Mom Betty and young brother Franny • Joanne, Cousin Kathy, Vinny, and brother Franny • Joanne & Vinny then & now

These photos were graciously sent in by readers who love reminiscing with the SUN, a group of nostalgia buffs who enjoy the reflection back to an era, that in retrospect seemed innocent, and wholesome and everyone seemed happy. Many of the old photos that fill the pages of The SUN came from family albums where little black triangular holders on each corner held them in place; some lay in shoeboxes or in bureau drawers next to old chenille bedspreads for years, or in an envelope from the local film processing counter. We thank you for taking the time to dig them out and send them in, some with their ‘Wildwood story’, we cherish them and feel very honored to publish them. May you enjoy a sense of simple pleasure as you reflect back in time with each turn of the page.

If you haven’t done so yet. . . Dig out your old photos!

Mail to: SUN by-the-sea P.O. Box 2101, Wildwood, NJ 08260

“The last of the bathers were returning with windblown hair and reddening skin and tales of sand castles lost to tides...” ~Michael Capuzzo (Close to Shore)

Embarking on a cross-country trip in 1976, Michael & Jeanne John of Surfside West Diner, life-long Wildwood residents

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“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.” ~The Wonder Years

I Remember…

ThoseWildwood DayS

with George & Cookie Latella

George & Cookie with Bobby Rydell

George & Cookie 1967

George Jr. on stage at the Macambo with his dad, 1965

Phil Latella at the Godfather Club 1948 (George’s Dad)

Cookie singing at Moore’s 1961

Cookie & Bud Moore, 1963

George & Black Charlie at the 250 Club (Surf Club) on Schellenger Ave. 1973

George & Cookie with the Showboys at Moore’s Inlet, 1961

George with the Showboys at the Macambo 1965 The Macambo became McCale’s, the Red Garter, Jimmy’s and Flip Flops today

Georgie Latin at the Nut Club 1970

Mom Latella, brothers Frank & George 1948

George & the Showboys at Moore’s Inlet 1962

Cookie & Bobby Vinton at the Surf Club 1967

George & Cookie with the Day Bros.

1967

George & Cookie 1977

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“Oh baby, every day’s a holiday and every night is a Saturday night!” ~Wildwood Days, Bobby Rydell

I Remember…

by George Latella Like so many readers of The Sun, I always enjoy the personal stories, looking at the old pictures and feeling like I am a part of those experiences.

It seems like we all can relate in some way to the sounds of the ocean, the boardwalk, the excitement of the amusements, the beach, the laughter and noise, etc.

What do I Remember?

I remember those early years when I was only 6 or 7, coming down Rt. 555 / 557……The Delsea Drive……..into the Wildwoods from Rt. 47….I remember the excitement getting my first glimpse of the boardwalk and straining my neck to see the ocean and waves as we got closer to our destination.

Back then, we only spent about 5 or 6 days, sometimes with my father’s cousin who lived on 15th Street between Surf and Atlantic. He actually built that house, and three more on the beach block in the 1940s……I think, if I remember, he only paid $50. for each lot!!!! Can you believe that??

Waking up the first morning was like Christmas morning. My brother and I were up at the crack of dawn waking my mother and father and getting ready for the beach. With my bucket and shovel and blanket (we didn’t have beach chairs or umbrellas then!) off we went to spend the whole day on the beach. I don’t even remember using sunscreen! My mother would make some sandwiches and drinks and we stayed until 5:00PM. In and out of the water all day and never tiring.

At night after dinner, we would walk the boards and smell all the aromas which were a delight: pizza, hot dogs, cotton candy, peanuts, popcorn, saltwater taffy and ice cream.

I remember how fast 5 or 6 days flew by and our short vacation came to an end and we had to return to Philadelphia. How depressed I would get having to wait until next summer. But we made some unforgettable memories.

I remember as the years passed, my love of Wildwood grew and grew, vowing someday, I would spend the whole summer instead of 6 days.

In 1961, while playing in a band, we auditioned at the then famous “Moores Inlet Club” in N. Wildwood. My wish came true!!!! We were hired for the entire summer. That was the beginning of the next 40 years of performing in the Wildwoods every summer.

I remember most of the Bands and Acts of that era. If you are over 60 years old, you may remember: Steve Gibson, Steve Lawlor, and The Red Caps, Damita Jo, The Untouchables, Georgie Young, The Day Bros, The High Hopes, The Quaker City Boys, The Cousins, The McGraw Bros, The Gigilos, The Matys Bos, The Playboys, Frankie Brent Revue, Al and Jet Lorring, Fisher and Marks, Georgie Latin and The Showboys, (that’s me!) and of course the unforgettable Cozy Morley.

I remember all the good times we had, all the friends we made, many are gone, but the memories will go on forever.

Now, in my 70’s, I sit on the beach, with my lovely wife Cookie of over 50 years still by my side, enjoying the summer breezes, the water, the seagulls scavenging for food, the children running and playing and the tourist enjoying their one week vacation and soaking up as much sun as they can get before they return home.

Although I really enjoy my son and grandchildren visiting in the summer, I can’t help but look forward to Labor Day when all the tourists go home and “we get the Island back”. Then I get to enjoy the Fall and Winter until next year. I guess this means I am Old!........But, I still remember!

George & Cookie with Bud & Doris Moore at Moore’s Inlet, 1961

George’s first band in 1956 L-R: Joe Secaetti, George Latella, Bobby Rydell & Pat Martino

Afternoon jam session at Moore’s Inlet

Moore’s.. where ‘No Shower Happy Hour’ began

George & Cookie at Moore’s 1961

Georgie Latin Solo at the Windrift 1975

George 1959

George & Bud Moore at Moore’s Inlet, 1963

Bobby Rydell with his father Al, George & Cookie, 1974

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wildwood memories. . . . . . .

“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.”

Where’s your Wildwood family history hiding? Maybe in the attic, or a drawer underneath a chenille spread?

It’s time to dig up those memories and preserve them! Let The Sun publish them and tell your story!

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

~John Denver

Thank you Tim for sharing these wonderful photographs and your story!

Young Dolores & father Jack 1956

Emma & mother Sarah, 1935

Vincent & Emma Kearney 1940

Vincent & Emma Kearney 1944 Dolores with her beach ball 1935 Vincent & Emma Kearney 1944 Vincent, Dorothy & Emma Kearney 1940

Emma’s mother, Sarah MacNamara 1935

Dolores 1944

Sisters, Emma & Sadie 1940

Theresa, Dolores, Aunt Mary Condron Waters (Mamie) 1935

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“The best thing about memories is making them.”

Wonderful Wildwood story & photos submitted by Tim Brough

~Anon.

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Free Estimates Licensed & Insured Interior & Exterior Dolores & Jack Brough July 4th, 1950 on the the Wildwood boardwalk

Andrew & mother Dolores, 2010

Our family time in Wildwood began in the early 1930’s when my maternal Great grandmother, Sarah MacNamara, first rented a place in Wildwood Crest from the Abilinie family. When my mother Dolores Kearney was very young her family rented places in the city proper on Maple & Poplar. She remembers great times on the beach, the little train ride on the boardwalk, famous carousel, & feeding baby bears with a bottle for 5 cents, the annual bucket & shovel (made of tin in those days), Groff’s family restaurant, water ice in a glass bowl with silver spoon, giant toy store on boardwalk & “surprise boxes” from the 5 & 10¢ store on Pacific Ave for 25¢ containing many surprises inside. Fresh flounder cooked for breakfast with snowflake rolls & crumb buns from the famous bakery. In later years they had places on Juniper & 26th Ave. My grandfather Vincent D. Kearney had to run his plumbing business in Philly, & was only there on weekends, my grandmother Emma was head of the house in Wildwood, with invited relatives turning up through out the summer. In those days they had to heat water on the stove for everyday after beach baths, & the ice man cometh to keep the food cold.

Since my mother’s birthday is August 8th, one of her biggest thrills was when her father brought from Philly a special gift, one year it was a tea cart with cups & saucers etc., another year a dog on wheels to ride, & another time a red & white kangaroo to hug. They rented bathing suits at the bathhouses

on the boardwalk for 10 cents!

As the family grew and World War II came, my Aunt Dottie’s fiancee, my Uncle Ed Donnelly joined the Air Corps, my mom would go with her older sister to the Bang Bang in the arcade to dance with a stand in for the man in her life, they would always have a hot dog afterwards on toasted buns, a pickle slice & mustard of course.

Waffles & ice cream was also a big deal.

My father Jack Brough helped his Uncle Elmer on a fishing boat when he was 14-15 years old in the 1940’s.

My parents spent three days of their honeymoon in 1950 at the Sheldon Hotel, arriving by train.

In the 1960’s my Mom & Dad, Aunt Bettie & Uncle Don with 5 kids under the age of 4 years old, rented a place where the doorway was so narrow, they had to fold the baby buggy to get through, the buggy served as a bed for one of my sisters.

Times passed, people passed, weddings took place, babies were born, & sadly my family drifted away from Wildwood.

In the 1990’s my sister Dolores returned to Wildwood at 13th Ave. with her husband Willy Bertoti & son Christopher. My brother Andrew & his wife Dien bought some real estate in Wildwood & opened a store at Pacific & Cresse where his children, Dolores, Maria, Jackie & Andrew worked in summer.

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“To everything - turn, turn, turn, there is a season - and a time for every purpose under heaven.” - Ecclesiastes 3,The Byrds

Hunt’s Theaters

by Steve Murray

All photos on this page are courtesy of George Boyer Museum, Wildwood, N.J

Some of my best memories of the Wildwoods of my

youth (1960’s- early 1970’s) were those times spent in any of the six individual movie theaters owned by the Hunts Corporation. In case you are new comers or not old enough to remember, that’s right, there were once six movie theaters in Wildwood.

Going north to south, there was the Ocean Theater, located on the boardwalk between Poplar and Juniper Avenues. The Strand, on the boardwalk between Pine and Maple. The Casino, just off the boardwalk at Cedar and Atlantic. The Blaker, on the boardwalk near the Cedar Ave. ramp. The Shore, at Schellenger and Atlantic and the Regent, on the boardwalk at Garfield.

My fond recollections aren’t just based on the fact that so many outstanding and classic films were released during those years, but also on the theaters themselves and the whole movie “experience” of that era.

Hunts theaters (the interiors), were absolutely beautiful, The foyers, lobbies, and main theater areas were designed with great artistic detail given to doors, wall coverings, mirrors, lighting, carpeting, stage curtains and all of the various other interior features. They had an Art Deco look about them even though they were built at a later period- late1930’s-40’s. (the exception was the Ocean which was much newer than the rest) Their elegance was reminiscent of a fancy opera house, but truthfully, most movie houses in the Country were of similar design in those days..

These theaters were humongous compared to today’s tiny (and ugly) multi- plex boxes. I would say they could each seat about 1,000 people. The Strand was the biggest and I bet it could hold almost twice that.

I’ve never seen better operated theaters, even in Philadelphia and other more populated areas I’ve lived in, than those owned by Hunts. They were somehow able to always get top ten, first run movies as quick as those theaters back home. They were extremely well managed and staffed and were impeccably clean as well.

Hunts had a phone number that you could call to get a pre- recorded listing of all the films they were

showing on any particular week, along with show times and any upcoming films. I can’t believe I still remember that number, at least 30 years since I last dialed it- 522 3838.

Going to the movies in those days, whether you were a kid or an adult, was a much different experience than it is today. As soon as you walked through those lobby doors into the dimly lit but elegant setting, you really felt you were in a special place. First greeted by a uniformed ticket taker, you were than escorted (if you needed help) by a uniformed usher with a flashlight who would take you to your seat. Tasteful “muzak” would be playing throughout the building while you waited for the show to begin. For years Hunts theme music was an instrumental version of “On The Street Where You Live”, from My Fair Lady.

The music stopped as the curtains opened to reveal a huge movie screen. I’m not sure, but I would guess they were sixty to seventy five feet wide. When you watched a movie in a dark theater on a screen this size , you were “there”, even without the I max technology.

Many times things would start out with the “Movietone News”, a short reel of some noteworthy highlights of U.S or World news. Next up might be a “travelogue”, another short documentary of some interesting place to visit, like Flamingo Gardens Florida or Knotts Berry Farm in California. If lucky, you would be treated to a cartoon, usually more geared toward adults if it was an evening show.

Finally, it was show time for real. There were so many fantastic films produced in those days- Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Birds, The Longest Day, Spartacus, The Manchurian Candidate, The Godfather, Patton and on and on.

Some of these films were so long they were stopped half way for an “intermission”. Music would play (usually theme music from the movie) and the audience was given a chance to stretch their legs, use the bathroom and more importantly, visit the snack bar.

One or two of the theaters would be dedicated to just a single blockbuster film for an entire summer. I

remember West Side Story being shown at The Regent, three times a day, for the entire 1962 season.

All of the theaters, except for the Shore, were only open during the summer months. I spent all of my summer vacations at my grandparents home in North Wildwood but my folks still came down frequently in the winter months. I always made sure to catch whatever movie was playing at the Shore during those visits.

This was especially true for Saturday matinees. These kiddie fests were a always a blast. The featured films were usually something from Disney (Son Of Flubber), Science Fiction (The Time Machine), Horror (The 13 Ghosts), adventure ( Jason And the Argonauts) or comedy (The Three Stooges in Orbit). Admission when I was 8 years old was 50 cents. Sometimes there would even be a double feature.

Movies back then were still done on film. God help the projectionist if it broke during one of these kid filled afternoon shows.

When these matinee movies ended and the curtains closed, I remember joining a swarm of kids that always exited from a rear door that opened into an ally filled with trash cans. From here, this band of carb and sugar loaded boys, all yelling and screaming, would, like a prison break, climb up onto the deserted boardwalk to go home the long way and probably re -enact some scenes from the movie we had just watched.

Sadly, by the time I reached my late 20’s, many of these big and beautiful theaters had long been cut up into twins. Not long after this, one by one, they all closed down. At this time, there isn’t a single movie theater on the Island.

I haven’t been to a movie theater in 20 years. I’m not crazy about most films made today --- more computerized special effects and unnecessary violence than story line. I also hate the tiny screens of the multi plexes and the thin walls that sometimes let you listen to the film next door. I usually just wait until the few films I really do want to see are released on video. And thank God for The Turner Classic Movie Channel.

What I wouldn’t pay to have a Hunts theater back again.

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

This page was taken from www. Funchase.com published by Ralph Grassi with a special thanks to The Wildwood Historical Society for the use of the photographs. You can view more pictures like these at Funchase and much more at the George F. Boyer Museum located at 3907 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood.

(Funchase Copyright 2001 Ralph Grassi) the theatre to have a more modern look.

The Blaker operated for many years and would eventually merge with The Shore Theatre to become the Shore Four. It wasn’t long after the theatre closed. It still stands today but is deteriorating rapidly.

It is highly unlikely that this building will survive the wrecking ball.

2nd Casino theatre was destroyed by fire in 1939

The Casino theatre in 1971 In the early 1900’s the original Casino Theatre was known as the Airdrome and featured vaudeville acts. Under the direction of Bill Hunt the theatre was soon refurbished and became The Casino. This original building was destroyed by fire in 1922 but was quickly rebuilt for the following season. Once again The Casino was stuck by fire and destroyed on April 19, 1939. Hunt promptly rebuilt the Casino building that most of us remember. This new theatre had an ultra-modern art deco flair. Designed by architect William H. Lee and constructed by Joseph Scully the new 1,200 seat movie house opened on April 11, 1940. The Casino operated year round and was the classiest of all the theatres in the Wildwoods. In the early 1980’s the theatre was converted into a hugh video and pinball palace called The Hollywood Casino. It was quite an attraction and did well for a few years but was soon converted into the Photon laser tag arena. This new attraction didn’t last long and the building was eventually vacant and being used for storage. Sadly the Casino would never get another chance to entertain - The building was demolished in 1999 and another classic Wildwood structure was gone by way of the wrecking ball.

The original Regent Theatre was located at Atlantic and Lincoln Avenues. Bill Hunt purchased the theatre in 1921 and had it moved to the Boardwalk at Garfield Avenue. The original building was constructed of wood. In the mid 1940’s the theatre was reconstucted with concrete block. The Regent would undergo a major change in 1977 with the concept of the Boardwalk Mall. Commisioned by The Falk family ( of Falk’s Gift Shops on the Wildwood Boardwalk) and designed by the architectural firm of John Williamson the Regent was totally renovated to create over 30 stores within the shell of the old theatre. Some of the stores included “Edison Electric Body Lighting” - which sold flashing designer jewlery - and “Chucky Chuckles” - a magic and gag shop. The ground level was occupied by a large video and pinball arcade and an 18 hole miniature golf course. The apperance of the mall has changed over the years with the addition of a beautiful mural painted by world reknown marine artist Wyland. The seascape which graces the north and west walls of the mall was painted by the artist in 1993 while on his East Coast Tour.

Around 1900 - before the advent of moving pictures - the Blaker started out as an auditorium for vaudeville performances and was located on a pavilion owned by Gilbert Blaker on the Boardwalk at Cedar Avenue. In 1913 William C. Hunt leased the theatre from Blaker and subsequently purchased it in 1925. Hunt made several renovations over the years and remodeled

In the summer of 75’ the line to see Jaws stretched down the Cedar Avenue ramp and up Atlantic Avenue. This town went crazy...!

The original Strand Theatre pictured above dates back to around 1920. The theatre was located on the Boardwalk between Pine and Maple Avenue and was destroyed by fire on August 12, 1944. The new Strand was built in 1947, and opened on May 27th of that year. The new theatre had seating for 1,800 and would only open through the summer months. In 1986 Bud Hunt sold The Strand to the Frank Company- along with the nine other theatres owned by Hunt. The Strand was soon split into four theatres and lost its large lobby area and Boardwalk entrance to an arcade. The new main entrance would now be located on the Maple Avenue ramp which had originally been the main exit.

The Strand still operates as a theatre in the summer and now features a laser shooting dark ride called Zombie World.

The Shore Theatre was designed by an architectural firm of Thalheimer and Weitz out of the Philadelphia area and opened on November 7, 1939. The movie complex was built to accommodate two stores - one on either side of the cinema. The north store was the business offices for Hunt’s Theatres Inc. - The south side was home to several businesses over the years including Tomi John’s and Mallin’s restaurants. Like the Casino, the Shore operated year round and had seating for 1,400. The Shore became a twin theatre in January of 1971 and eventually was paired (in name only) with the Blaker theatre which was located adjacent to the Shore. The two theatres would now operate under one name - the Shore Four. The Hunt’s sold the theatres along with the rest of the family enterprises in 1986. It continued to operate as a movie house under new ownership but eventually closed for good in the early 90’s. The property is now owned by the Morey organization and the theatre was demolished in January 2006.

Hunts Ocean Theaters

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“This is the place where summer stays.” ~Sandy Gingras

Our Wildwood Home

and Irish Friends

by Al “Butch” Love

Al Love with his Irish kids

Killian, Ingrid & friends

1942, 3 yr. old Al Love and his 7 yr. old sister Ann, with Uncle Gil Scott and Aunt Mary at their W. Glenwood Ave. home

Irish friends The Golden Years. A term most used when you get into the retirement mode.

I’m not sure when the Golden Years are supposed to start, but I do have an idea when they will end. I still have memories but like the evening sun, they are starting to fade over the bay at sunset. There is a framed sketch of our Wildwood home hanging on the wall in front of me. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this beautiful penciled sketch is worthy of a warm memory.

Over twenty years ago, Morey’s Organization started their pitch to hire young, overseas students for the piers on the boardwalk. During this time, most of the young people who came to Wildwood were from Ireland, where the job market was poor. Next door to our home, we have an apartment complex that provides housing for Morey’s employees and other summer workers. You would think that young people away from home for the first time would be indulging in drinking, music, parties, singing and noise. Well, they did to a degree. We overcame this by getting to know this one group. They returned for four summers and became like family to us.

This group came from the same area in County Cork and knew one another well.

Wildwood became their destination due to the change of plans of Fergal Cagney.

At 18, he was sent by his parents to the States and told to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in Connecticut.

When he arrived in New York, he asked an airport employee where he could find

Drawing of the Love’s summer home by Killian Burke the best beach town on the East Coast for work. She told him Wildwood, where he, upon arrival, ironically ran into a lifeguard named Paul he knew from Cork.

Fergal soon became a lifeguard. Then, his sister and the rest of their friends came and became our neighbors. They continued coming to Wildwood until completing their education back home or starting full time jobs elsewhere. They had Irish names such as Killian, Fergal, Orla, Ingrid, Joanne, and Yvonne. Fergal and his sister Orla were lifeguards in Wildwood, Killian worked with my son Jason, and the three girls had jobs as waitresses. We let them call home with phone credit cards before cell phones became popular. Sometimes they put their parents on to speak to us. Being part Irish myself, they won us over with their Irish charm.

Killian Burke was extra special and became friends with my sons Jeff and Jason.

Killian and Jason worked at Dad’s Place near the bridge at Grassy Sound. They helped customers with renting, fishing and crabbing boats at the dock. Killian was a loveable devil straight out of an Irish travel brochure. He spoke with an Irish brogue that was a little bit hard to understand at first, especially when he spoke too fast and worst when he had a pint or two in him! Then it sounded like a foreign language altogether. We could hear his alarm clock ringing in the morning through his open window when he overslept. Jason had to run over and wake him up for work! When the green-

head flies got so bad at Dad’s Place, Killian would run up the toll bridge and jump in the bay to get away from them, much to the chagrin of the toll collector.

Then he’d swim back to the dock and continue working.

The pranks they pulled during the season were hilarious. A neighbor across the street sold water ice cones from a small vehicle that had a large inflatable Spiderman attached to it. One early morning, we all woke up to see the Spiderman clinging outside the second-floor window of their apartment. Of course, the Irish kids did not know how it got there!

The summer of 1999 was the last time we saw this group together. Most were leaving right after Labor Day. Some stayed in the United States and found jobs, Fergal enlisted in the US Marines, and the others headed back to Ireland. Only Killian and his close friend Fergal Cagney decided to stay till the end of September for the Irish Weekend Festivities.

A few days before he planned to fly home to Ireland, Killian was involved in a serious accident and spent five days recuperating in an Atlantic City Hospital.

My wife Sandi and I brought him into our home while he was still recuperating. My son Jeff had friends renting an apartment across the street from us on Glenwood Ave, where Killian spent some time. He was an art student in college and spent the next few days drawing and sketching on a pad on their porch. Ironically, this was the same house I wrote about in a

Sandi Love with her Irish girls previous Sun by The Sea story. That is where my friend Virginia stayed with her grandparents for eight summers starting when we were both ten years old.

While Killian was recovering, we brought him to our home in Gloucester Township.

The day he was leaving we all shared a lot of hugs. He presented us with a picture of our home that he sketched during the time he spent across the street while he was healing. It was a great gift that will forever remind me of the many memories I have of Wildwood and the people I have met.

Thanks to Facebook, we have followed the activities of our Irish kids over the past twenty years. All six have families of their own now and display their kids’ pictures and birthdays on Facebook.

Killian, Ingrid, and Yvonne are still living in Ireland. Joann is living in New York and Orla in California. Fergal enlisted in the Marines, was wounded in Afghanistan and is still in the service.

They were a chapter in my life that I will cherish forever.

Someday I hope their children also get a chance to spend a summer or two in the Wildwoods. Maybe they, too, can get summer jobs and stay at the apartments next to our house. Hopefully my young grandkids will meet them. On my bucket wish list is a visit to beautiful Ireland to meet the parents of those Irish kids. I would like to thank them for sharing their sons and daughters with my family for those unforgettable Wildwood summers.

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“Lean on me, when you’re not strong... and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on...” ~Bill Withers

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The mission of The Kelly McMonagle Sunshine Foundation is to raise money to donate to rehabilitation centers in order to provide financial assistance to those seeking recovery who cannot afford the cost of rehabilitation services.

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

When did your Wildwood Story begin?

WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J. 1946

Sisters, Rose & Theresa at the boardwalk Thrill Show, 1946 Rose Brocato sunbathing Rose Brocato standing by the charred remains of pilings from Ocean Pier that burnt down on Christmas day 1943. The pilings were still there in 1946 (at the time of these photos) and until Hunt’s Pier was built in 1957.

1970s

Sr. Theresa, Peggy & Sr. Colette aboard the Sightseer The Wills family tradition of spending summer vacations in Wildwood technically began with three of the Brocato sisters during the summer of 1946.

The girls stayed at the AlMarie apartments, which was approved by their mother because they advertised in the Catholic Review. Margherite and Teresa had already graduated, but Rose, however, was still in high school.

The girls spent their week enjoying the beach, Boardwalk and other sites. Rose, unfortunately, enjoyed the beach a little too much and wound up bedridden with sun poisoning. Her sisters promised to buy her lunch on the boardwalk but when they returned without it , they reluctantly admitted, “a dog smelled what we had in the bag and started following us, so we threw him your hot dog and ran!”

The sisters’ fear of dogs became legend, as did their love for summers by the sea, which Rose, despite her rocky seaside start, would eventually share with Dick, her husband-to-be!

Story continues on next page . . .

Rose & Theresa on the steps of The AlMarie in 1946

Rose & Margherite Brocato

Melvin Ruby & Dick Wills

Margherite Brocato sunbathing, on Poplar Avenue beach 1946

Theresa Brocato who would later become a Franciscan nun

Sr. Colette, Ruth & Sr. Theresa

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“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” - Phillip Pullman

Dick & Ruth Wills Honeymoon WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J. 1954

Dick Wills always had the best of fun on the Wildwood beach... here is his version of the Sand Shark attack.

Postcard of Hotel Beach View where Dick & Ruth Wills spent their honeymoon.

Ruth Wills (bottom center) seized the moment when she saw a photographer taking photos, grabbing her own Brownie camera to take a photo of him! Unbeknownst to her, this simple act would forever be captured in time on this classic Wildwood souvenir postcard, published circa the 1960s. Fortunately, her daughter Peggy was able to buy some postcards on ebay over the years, enabling everyone in the family to have their own copy to remind them it was Ruth’s love of Wildwood that began their Wildwood story, and for that they are thankful.

Reddick’s at 3201 Pacific Ave. (Photo Wildwood Historic Museum)

On August 14, 1954, Dick & Rose Wills were married and spent their honeymoon in Wildwood, NJ, happily beginning their lives together while inspiring the generations of Wildwood lovers that would soon follow.

They drove their 1948 Studebaker Commander from Maryland to Wildwood, where they spent their week at the Hotel Beach View on the boardwalk. They had a wonderful ocean view for a total of $55. From their second- floor room, they would watch the tide come up under the boardwalk.

They spent their days on the beach and their nights at restaurants and nightclubs.

Dick and Rose had 3 children, Peggy, Mary and Rick, and Wildwood became their summer vacation destination, with extended family including aunts, uncles and cousins contentedly coming along. They originally stayed at Mrs. Randall’s Apts. at 305 E. Magnolia Ave. until one summer when there was no vacancy. She sent them to Mrs. Kay McManus’ (Kitty Scully’s mother) at 304 E. Poplar Ave., Kay Apts., where the family stayed for years until it was sold.

Although Dick and Rose have sadly passed on, their love for the Wildwoods happily lives on. Fast forward many memorable summers since their honeymoon days, and their children still feel lucky to spend their summers, along with their cousins, kids and grandkids, by the sea, adding a fourth generation to the many Wildwood memories their parents started so many years ago…

Story continues on next page . . .

Bathing beauty, Ruth Wills, sunbathing on her favorite beach

Ruth enjoyed reading books and napping while her family went to the beach

Dick & his sister, Sr. Barbara Wills, 1998 who spent her life as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart.

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“At the beach is where we learn how to shine.” ~Sandy Gingras

Wills Family Summer Vacation WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J. 1960s

Mrs. Kay McManus rented apts. at 304 E. Poplar Ave. For years the entire Wills family would stay in the attic (without airconditioning!) until fire codes were enforced.

Rick, John, Dad (Dick Wills), Vince and Lisa

The Wills family hanging out at their favorite spot for generations... you can even see they brought their dog Huntley who’s chilling under Hunt’s Pier

by Peggy Wills Maybe I love summer so much because of all the great times we had in Wildwood when I was a kid. It was always hard to go to bed the night before vacation started. We were so excited! Only Christmas and Wildwood vacations could keep us up in anticipation. We always left early. I remember the sun would just be coming up over the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Following many rounds of, “Are we there yet?” we eventually reached Rio Grande, knowing that Wildwood, the beach and boardwalk were just over the bridge!

Our vacations always started on Sundays, so our first stop was mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Then it was unpacking at Miss Kays, who only had rooms to rent, before heading one block to the beach. We walked under the boardwalk and into the bright sun and hot sand, the waves breaking right in front of us.

Mom and Dad would hold our hands as we jumped over the waves. If we wanted to go out farther, Dad would take us because Mom didn’t know how to swim!

We would stay on the beach all day and play, stopping only for hot dogs on the Boardwalk at the Three Bears.

Then we would trudge back to Miss Kay’s for a shower and a nap before dinner. Then it was up to the Boardwalk, where we were allowed to go on three rides. I remember the boats, the Merry go Round, the caterpillar and the cars. Next, it was ice cream before heading home to sleep on sandy sheets, lulled by the sounds of the Boardwalk coming through the open windows.

Dad’s younger brother, my uncle John, and his three kids came to live and vacation with us. Uncle Frank, the oldest brother who was a priest, also vacationed with us. The more the merrier!

The grownups liked to sing “Wildwood Days” on our rides to the shore. We still stayed at Miss Kay’s, guys in one room, girls in another. Uncle John was like a big kid. I remember knocking on their door and asking, “Can Uncle John come out and play?” He would let us ride on his shoulders, “steering” with his head.

Sometimes he would run us into trees or street signs!

After the Boardwalk, we would go to Reddick’s, where the adults played shuffleboard. We would stop at the Anchor Inn on the way home for roast beef sandwiches (which we kids hated, but the adults loved).

Since there were so many of us, Miss Kay decided to rent us the attic or “dormitory.” There was no air conditioning up there and it got very hot, but we had a lot of fun. As the years went by, we would often invite more family and friends along. We even brought our dog, Huntley.

On one trip, Mom’s older sister, Aunt Marguerite, Uncle Mel and Cousins Tom and Maureen came along. On another trip, we took Aunt Theresa in the haunted house on Hunt’s Pier. A Frankenstein-type monster had us all screaming then falling like a stack of dominoes, with poor Aunt Theresa at the bottom of the heap (which turned out to be the last time Aunt Theresa had any “amusement” with us).

We enjoyed daily Frisbee games on the beach, with Uncle Frank being the most competitive. We also enjoyed horseback riding on the beach, going fishing and going to the movies.

We always packed a lot of activity into our one memorable week in Wildwood by the sea… ....and we still do!

Lisa in front of the infamous SKUA ship on Hunt’s Pier

Aunt Barb, Peggy, Vince, Rick, Dad (Dick Wills), John and Lisa on Poplar Ave. beach

Boardwalk bike rides are on everybody’s vacation list.

Here are Dick, Justin, Steve, Rick, Richie & Melissa

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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.”

Wills Family Summer Vacation 1970s & 80s

-Sandy Gingras

BY-THE-SEA

Richie, Justin, Melissa, Brittany and Bryan.

The kids always enjoy building sandcastles down by the sea. They dig a moat so that the waves will fill it. They like to add clamshells, seaweed and anything else they can find. Then, they have just as much fun destroying it before the waves do.

Peggy at the Haunted House on Morey’s Pier, the first of its kind on the Wildwood boardwalk, c. early 1970s.

Snuffy & Oakie of the WBP

Dick Wills 3 sisters, Sr. Barb, Sis & Pat

Peggy & Oakie

Brittany, Melissa & Bryan the next generation

Denise posing in front of the Bonanza Shooting Gallery. For .25¢ you could try to hit the target. If you shot the piano player he would start playing in full animation, or you could hit the vulture and it would flap its wings and start screaming.

Bert Soden WBP The Wills loved to visit their favorite landlady, Mrs. Kay McManus, at her home.

Michelle & Helen on the tram car

Mary & Cindy with Billy Rohe

Peggy on the beach swings Mary posing on the 2nd floor porch

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“If you’re yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning.” ~ Griff Niblack

throwback wildwood brochures Courtesy of the Wildwood Historic Museum

Since its inception, The Sun has rummaged through Wildwood Historical Museum files for inspiration.

Here are some favorite designs.

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“There is no substitute for hard work.”

~Thomas Edison

ASTLINE O C

Quality Workmanship & Design AWARD-WINNING LANDSCAPING Foundations • Block • Stone • Pavers Masonry • Concrete • Landscaping HOUSE RAISING

Let 19th Hole be your 1st Call!

We Remember our Veterans

BUILDERS LLC.

609-523-6888

RICK DAVIS BUILDS THE COASTLINE

ONE HOUSE AT A TIME.

“We’ll lay our trowels down against anybody!’

Rick, Sherri & Rickii by the North Wildwood Seawall at Hereford Inlet

STOP IN OUR OFFICE AT 2500 NEW JERSEY AVE., NORTH WILDWOOD SERVING ALL OF CAPE MAY COUNTY

For Service with a Smile!

BOBBY McMICHAELS 609.522.7210 w w w.1 9 t h h o l e c o n s t r u c t i o n . c o m

• Incorporated since 1993 • Fully licensed and insured NJ13VH04275700 • Free Estimates • Free Plans & Drawings • Large local customer reference base • Senior Citizen Discounts • Born & Raised in the Wildwoods Rick Davis - WCHS ‘74 Rick is also on the following committees• Volunteer North Wildwood Fire Co., 20 yrs.

• President Wildwood Rotary • Volunteer Five Mile Beach Firemen’s Assoc.

Times are Tough!

Building shouldn’t be rough!

Ask us about local discounts.

Throwing it back for 13 years!

watch the tram car please

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Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek, So You’ll Know, llc. © 2017

Year 13

JULY - AUGUST 2017

JULY 4TH summer 2017 NJ

Sunshine!

LET the

in

From the Collection of Aladdin Color. Circa 1960’s. See story on page 6

MORE SUMMER THAN GREEDY SEAGULLS

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.

(609)523-6590 HEADINGTO TOTHE THE BEACH? BEACH? PACK HEADING PACKAAPRIMO! PRIMO! HOAGIE TRAYS for Every Occasion

• Italian Sampler Trays • Specialties & Salads • Healthy Alternative Hoagies

FULL DELI COUNTER

New! ONLINE ORDERING!

Lunchmeats Sliced to Order Rolls • Pickle Barrel • Salads primohoagies.com Italian Specialties & Sides

Call Ahead to Pick Up or We Deliver to the Beach starting at 11am the sun by-the-sea magazine p.o.box 2101 wildwood, new jersey 08260 609.522.2721 www.sunbythesea.com Thesunbythesea@gmail.com