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What's the use-they're not bitin'
Never too young
Years of experience doesn't necessarily a
fisherman make. The youngsters in these photos
haven't been angling that many years. But in the
Recreation Department's Young People's
Fishing Tournament, the angling is enhanced
with prizes for certain size and species of fish.
July 16 this year the young anglers will gather
again along the uptown beach to try their luck.
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SPRING EDITION — 1977
Beachcombers encouraged
to search out rare shells
The success of this pilot
project has prompted another
call for shells by the City's
Public Relations Department.
Beachcombers will again be .
awarded certificates and a
sophisticated system of gold
and silver stars is being
researched to provide special
recognition for those who
bring in more than the ten
required shells. Beachcombers
who deliver the
coveted Conch shell will also
receive additional stars on
their certificates.
"It works in Kindergarten
and First Grade so why
shouldn't it work with beachcombers,"
was the Public
Relations Department's reply
when questioned about the
logic of awarding stars with
the certificates.
Beachcombers may bring
their collections to the Public
Relations. Department, 2nd
floor. City Hall or call fo&>
pick-up.
The shells are given away
free at the City's Information
Centers. Those who wish a
shell through the mail or an
Ocean City "Mail A Shell
Greeting," should send $1.00
for postage and handling to
thfe; Public Relations
Department, City Hall, Ocean
City,, N.J. Q«226. Checks
shouldbe made out to the City
of Ocean City.
Greetings
from the
The age old pastime of
beachcombing has beep given
hew prestige at this family
resort. . . •
LasUyear, the Gity gave
away thousands of shells at
various information centers.
The big shell giveaway was
made possible by volunteer
beachcombers who scoured'
Ocean City's eight miles, of
beaches and delivered
bushels of sea shells.
For their efforts, the
volunteers were awarded
special Beachcomber Cer- .
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Ocean City
Fishing Club
"all the rights and privileges,
normally afforded to Beachcombers."
To date, -no one
has been * able - to define
exactly what these rights are
other than the privilege of
getting sand stuck between
one's/ toes.
The shells collected were
tagged with a decal identifying
them as official Ocean
Ci{y products. They were well
received by visitors, many of
whom had never seen the
Ocean and were pleased to
acquire their own pet shells.
COME ON DOWN — Recreation Department
counsellor invites one and all to calisthenics on
the beach.
Rules of the road
applies to boaters
The Rules of the Road
prohibit small boat operators
from maintaining a right of
way in narrow channels over
large less maneuverable ships
that cannot be stopped in a
short distance, reports the
Coast Guard.
Motorboats under 65 feet in
length operating in narrow
channels are forbidden to
interfere with the passage of
large deep craft vessels which
can satety navigate only inside
such channels, according
to the law.
Sailboats usually have the
right of way over power craft.
However, sailboats do not
have the right to hinder the
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ORGAN MUSIC
Some lucky students will
benefit from the Organ
Concert to be staged by the
Ocean City Rotary CTub on the
Music Pier here on July 6.
Rotary helps deserving
students with scholarship
funds.
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THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL LEpGEP
One of the oldest, continuous
sporting contests in
the United States wiU be held
Saturday, August 13 in Ocean
City when the 61st Annual
Ocean City Surfcasting
Tournament begins at 10
a.m., 5th st. and Bay av.
The event began in 1916 and
has been held consecutively
for 57 years with the exception
of the 1943-44 World War II
period.
Leading surfcasters in the
East compete for the Ocean
City Cup, a prodigious trophy
made of sterling silver
weighing approximately 220
ounces and standing 43 inches
tall. A recent re-evaluation of
the 55-year-old trophy for
insurance purposes placed its
worth at $45,000 making it one
of the most valuable cups in
the world, eclipsing such
famed trophies as the
Hackey's Davis Cup.
The Surfcasting Tour
nament is held on a baseball
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A display of mixed emotions
Casting tournament
a traditional event
Fair game for fair sex
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sliding doors opening to private halcom.
All windows are insulated glass
• "•full ceramic tile haths
•"Fully carpeted with nipped high-quality
indoor-outdoor carpeting, in >oi.. choice
of colors and patterns.
• Fujlv equipped kitchen with Hotpoint
appliances including range, refrigerator,
disposal, and dishwasher
• Handy breakfast bar between kitchen
and living room.
• Hotpoint Washer and Dryer in their
own alcove.
• Generous close! spaces throughout
• Choices of several maimenance-free evterior
siding styles and textures
• General llectrit he.it pi.'nip heals and
air-conditions each unit more economically
than ofd-fashioned furnaces and
condensors
• Protected parking area, recreation area,
hot cold shower, and storage lockers on
ground level'
• Separate private entrances.
• Waterfront duplexes include a private
dock. Street-front duplexes include a reserve
boat slip in perpetuity.
Only a few of the^e luxurious duplexes
will be built Pier 34 is right on the Intercoastal
Waterway, across the bay from the
Marmora Slate Hunting Grounds. Apparently,
no new mannas will b*e allowed
(to be built.in the Ocean City area, so don't
miss this exciting opportunity
field and includes two events,
one limited to conventional
reels and one with spinning
reels. The Cup is awarded to
the team winning the conventional
event along with
medals and team trophies for
individual efforts.
After the cup's latest value
was reported it was removed
from circulation and put on
display in a special case in
City Hall. It is removed only
on special occasions. One of
these will be for the 1977
championships.
During the years of competition,
the average casting
distance per man (for a fiveman
team) has ranged from
292.7 feet to 475.11 feet.
Casters in pre-cup tournaments,
have exceeded 600
feet or more than twice the
length of two football fields.
Equipment- improvement is
credited for the distance
changes over the years.
During the 1920'sa publicity
stunt was held in Yankee
Stadium in New York matching
the immortal Babe
Ruth with Harold Lentz,
world champion caster. The
.contest was won by Lentz who
cast further than Babe could
hit a pitched ball that afternooa
The Ocean City Fishing
Club, co-sponsors of the event,
with the City, is the only one of
the original casting teams
still participating in the
tourney. Casting in competition
is described by
veteran sportsman Harold T.
Gray, of Ocean City, as "a
classic example of strict
discipline and use of special
skill, as only one backlash,
one line break or one infraction
of the rules such as
stepping over the foul line can
ruin the chances for a team
winning the cup."
This Surfcasting Tournament
is free to the public.
'Cowboys 9 once herded
cattle across the bays
It is possibly difficult to the
visitor to Ocean City to picture
this resort area interested
in other forms of
endeavor than the purveying
of seafood Actually at one
time the island on which
Ocean City is located was a
favorite grazing ground for
livestock raisers throughout
the area.
The wild west was not the
only location for grazing
cattle in the 1800s Pecks
Beach, on which Ocean City is
located, was the favorite
grazing ground for stockmen
from the Cape May and
Atlantic Counties mainland.
The mainland cattlemen
hereded their stock across the
meadows and swam the bays,
and thorofares to Peck's
Beach. There they would be
turned loose to graze on the
bunchgrass and nibble from
the berry bushes.
The cattlemen experienced
difficulty swimming their
herds in the strong running
tides of Great Egg Harbor
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14'6" of PurePleasure
bay and its thorofares They
would rest their herds on the
marsh islands which dot the
meadowland between here
and the mainland.
A x eminder of these days of
"hard swimming" cattlemen
remains to this day in the final
crossing". Beach Thorofare,
off the 16th st: bayfront. There
is located Cowpens (cow
pens) Island, the last resting
place before reaching the bay
shore of Ocean City
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Martin- TunaJOlub
chases big fish
The Ocean City Marlin and
Tuna Club has posted a full
schedule of activities for its
members throughout the
summer. '
With a 'Club membership of
about 500 avid fishermen,, the
Club will' also be represented
in fishing tournaments
ranging all the way from
Bayshore, Long Island, to
Ocean City, Maryland.
The Club sponsors its own
tournament for members who
compete for the Master
Angler Award. The award
goes to the Club member who
best demonstrates skill and
excellence in catching fish in ,
varying environments with
various classes of .equipment
.and techniques. '•
The Club's schedule for 1977
include: Kickoff Tournament,
Memorial Day weekend;
Flounder Tournament, June
4; Bluefish Tournament, June
18; Tuna Tournament, July 9;
Largest Fish Trolling
Tournament, July 23; Largest
Fish Not Trolling Tournament,
August 6; MarHn
Tournament, August 20;
Surprise Tournament, September
2-3; Weakfisb
Tournament, September 10.
DID YOU KNOW, that if you laid each page of the average Spring I
Edition pressrun of the Sentinel-Ledger end to end it would form a I
continuous ribbon of paper from Ocean City to Washington. D.C.? |
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