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PAGE 4 — SECTION FIVE THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER SPRING EDITION — 1977 ' \
Army Engineers
eye Cape projects
The maintenance of inlets
along the Jersey coast is one
of the more difficult problems
of municipal, county, state
and federal officials.
At present plans are aboard
to clear Corsons Inlet and-
Townsends Inlet here in Cape
May County. Corsons Inlet is
located in the south Ocean
City area and Townsends
Inlet is below Sea Isle City to
the south.
Commuters Cluh
is in 36th year
The Ocean City Commuters
Club is a group of men
commuting between Ocean
City and Philadelphia during
the summer months. This is
its 36th year of existence.
Founded and chartered in
1941 by a small group of men
who pass the travel time on
the train by playing cards for
personal amusement, it has'
grown tojb'e the largest club of
its kind in the world.
.Today its membership is
jus* about {JW,. members, and
includes men frbm-all-walks
of ' life whose varied
professions and work total tO8
different kinds, from bankers
to dentists, from clerks to
corporation president. All
members leave their social
and financial positions behind
when/ the club meets and
become just' one grand group
of men.
r- THe inleis are an integral
.part -of the. 117 mile Intracoastal
Waterway which
courses behind the sand
barrier islands which constitute
the beachfront area of
the State of New Jersey.
The maintenance of the
inlets is controlled by the U.S.
• Army Corps of Engineers and
the State Department of
Environmental Protection.
Both the Federal and State
governments share in the
upkeep costs of the inlets.
Repair priority is presently
given by the Corps of
Engineers to the Townsends
Inlet project because of the
necessity of proving cost
effectiveness.
Corsons Inlet has been
officially closed to marine
traffic since the Coast Guard
removed its marker bouys in
1963. Townsends Inlet, on the
other hand, is a heavily-used
thorofare for both commercial
and pleasure craft.
The Corsons Inlet project
calls for the construction of a
master jetty, subsequent
dredging and construction of
a marina which would include
boat ramps and slips and
facilities for maintenance and
service.
These are major
engineering projects,
however, and the machinery
for completion of the inlet
projects moves slowly in
Washington and Trenton. But
the projects' are on the
drawing board.
MARGATE FISHERY
Captain's
Galley
A FRESH FISH RESTAURANT
12 SOUTH DOUGLAS AVENUE
MARGATE, N. J. 08402
SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER
Lunch Dinner
11:30-3:00 3:00-till
Open 7 Days
822-6100
-. \ " \ Visit our. Take Oof
and Fresh Fith Department
MARGATE FISHERY
Ocrm-pfoe.
OLD MAINE TROTTERS
813 Asbury Avenue
Ocean City
8504 Ventnor Avenue
Margate
Old mill
Best of Shoe.
A question about Ocean City?
PR office has a ready answer
Prospective visitors to
Ocean City usually have a lot
of questions to ask about
accommodations,' en-,
tertainlmeht, restaurants and
such, and the place to get this
information is the Ocean City
Department of Public
Relations.
An' inquiry directed to the
Amalfi
CAUFOftNlA
Cobblers
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city Department of Public
Relations at City Hall will
produce for the prospective
visitor almost any information
wanted, from the
time of the tides on a particular
summer day to the
availability of accommodations
in Ocean City
at any given time.
Thousands of inquiries from
prospective visitors are
received at the publicity office
each year. All inquiries
are answered, and pamphlets
and booklets chock full with
information about Ocean City
are forwarded the
correspondent.
While it serves many other
functions, the prime purpose
of the publicity office is to see
that quick answers are filed
for those writing for rates and
accommodations at local
hotels, motels, and rooming
houses, along with travel
routes and other information
pertinent to the convenience
and comfort of the visitor.
Every year the total
number of inquiries increases
due in large measure to folks
who see Ocean City ad-
This seashore resort
Bloomin' town
in June
The uninformed may have the idea that Ocean
City being located on a sand island on the edge of
a great body of salt water is without flower.
Wrong!
If you want to see flowers and plants that rival
anything you mainland greenthumbers can
raise, be in Ocean City on the Boardwalk Music
Pier June 10 and 11. That's the time and place for
the Annual Ocean City Flower Show.
The colorful beachfront Pier will backdrop
some of the most attractive and some of the
more unusual floral displays to be found in any
flower show. "Flower Power" is the good word
around this seashore resort on that particular
weekend.
Professional, commercial and amateur flower
growers and arrangers present their best at the
Show, and the floral theme is carried all over
town on the streets, public buildings, stores and
shops and homes. It is a big green thumb
weekend and the whole community participates.
The City Department of Public Relations
distributes Flower Power Certificates to all
those green thumbers who place entries or who
help in any fashion, in the production of the show.
June 12 and 13 Ocean City's healthful seashore
atmosphere will be enhanced by the scent of
flowers all over the blooming town.
vertisements in metropolitan
newspapers. Others just write
in to find out where to stay in
the resort.
The public relations office
responds to questions on a
"return mail basis." Additional
office help makes
possible transmitting
requests for rates and accommodations
at local
motels, hotels and rooming
houses even -more rapidly
than in past seasons.
Also direct from the city,
each correspondent will
receive a color brochure
outlining the attractions here
and including many photos in
full natural color.
The Public Relations
Department serves as more
than simply a "question and
answer department." It
handles details of.
arrangements for special
Ocean City features such as
the Baby Parade and the
annual Night In Venice. It
keeps'up-to-date a schedule of
conventions and other
meetings, and tries to keep its
finger on the publicity pulse of
the resort.
Old Glory floral blanket
OCEAN
CAPE MAY * PHILADELPHIA
HtJUK
«O U S. PAT Off.
FAMOUS HOME-MADE FUDGE & SALT WATER TAFFY
HOME-MADE CANDIES
Freshly Roasted Nuts — Watch Us Roast 'em! \ •
j CANDY &GOURMET ITFMS FROM AT LOVER THE WQRLL>
Visit our modern new Ocean City store at 950 Boardwalk, directly in f ronf
of Ocean Colony Condominium. We can now better serve our valued
customers. -
950 Boardwalk, Ocean City • No. 1 Boardwalk, Cape May/
JOSEPH B. MOREY,INC;
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
MARKEL
ELECTRIC
BASEROARD
HEATING
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UAL UfXMY MAT
— RESIDENTIAL and COMMERCIAL —
INSTALL
206 Seventh Street,
OCEAN CITY, N;,M
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PAOE 5 — SECTION FIVI
Youth Centers rendezvous for Ocean City teens
Youth Center at 8th and Haven
the Ocean.., City" Youth-
Center is marking its 30th
anniversary year.
The need tor facilities, to
entertain the community's
* young people crested back in
1947 and the Ocean City
Exchange Club picked up the
job of providing entertainment
for the
youngsters.
The Exchangites renovated
and enlarged the tennis
clubhouse at the Recreation
Center and the facility has
been functioning each winter
since then. .It is now
recognized as one of the best
youth facilities along the
Jersey coast.
Last year the City
Recreation Department '
directed the construction,
furbishing and opening of a
second Youth Center, this one
located at 8th st andHaven
av., several blocks away from
the original. Like the original
Center, the Haven av. facility
found immediate response
from the city's teenage set.
The Centers are governed
by teenage - officers and
directors, and in addition to
inhouse entertainment, the
Centers arranges trips to area
amusement parks and to
sporting events in the nearby
metropolitan areas..,
Special .dances are held at
Thanksgiving and Christinas.
There is no admission charges
and youngsters can play ping
pong, pool, pinball, or merely
relax in the television room or
social room, which is complete
with a log-burning
fireplace.
Teenager activities
predominate in the structures
during the school year from
September to June. The
Recreation Center building
still houses the tennis pro
shop, and during the summer
months is the scene of square
dances, card parties and
similar adult activities.
Off-season is social season for the natives
"What do you do at the
shore in the off season?" This
is an oft repeated question
asked by visitors of the yeararound
residents here. The
answer often comes as a
Tne truth is that Ocean City
keeps very active year
around. Different things
occupy, the residents in the
winter and summer, but 12
months of the year they are
jjutteJbusY.
Harry's
Place
BREAKFASTS SERVED ALL DAY
Omlets Our Specialty
Hot & Cold Sandwiches to Go
Hoagies, Steaks, Cheese Steaks, Etc.
Homemade Chili, Soups, Stew
Sodas, Ice Cream, Hot Coffee
Corner 4th & Asbury-
Call Ahead
398-1981
During the summer months
most residents are busy
playing host to the thousands
of summer visitors and
vacationers in this resort. By
the time they take care of the
eating establishments, shops,
amusements and lodging
facilities there isn't much
time left for a social Me.
However, after the season
doses and before the next one
begins, the localites go into
their social swing.
Summer and winter here
are opposites in more
respects than the weather and
temperature. During the
whiter the clubs and
organizations activate and the
town hums with this activity.
Ocean City is really an overorganized
town in the rea lm of
dubs. A number of years ago
a census was taken which
resulted in the knowledge
there were well over ISO clubs
and organizations for men,
women and children here. No
matter where your interests
lie there is something to do
here in the off-season.
Federated women's dubs
and service dubs lead the list
Ed and Marilyn Morrow
Welcome You to the
PIZZA PARLOR
11TH ST. & ASBURY AVE. OCEflN CITY, N. J.
PIZZA
SANDWICHES
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FRE$HPA$THY DAILY
The Youth Centers are
governed by the teenagers
themselves. Boards of
Directors plan and conduct
the activities, and police the
affairs,, on their own. Adult
advisors are on hand, but the
youngsters are encouraged to
govern' themselves "'at the
Centers. • .
The' Centers are for
students ninth through 12th
grades. Each grade has two
directors on the board. The
board handles rules and
regulations and takes care of
Youth Center ar Recreation Center
any violations that may occur.
Student meinbentop A a
dollar a year, which pays for •
music records, magazines
- and games. Snack *•• »