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tti Moments for Lifeguards
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might be dan to the avenue reader, of Ocean
but they (how tbe magnitude of his only tour
problems.
he fiffURB ^Sll loese on i«a •**
This lifenvlng job Isn't thousand pewit on the bescbes every
It Involve* a budget of 171,500 a year day during toe suttmer and eat I"-
and managing and maintaining 31 dred thousand e«r spedal holiday..
protected beaches at tbe cost of about When asM W Us aavtee ajbout
1860 a day. There are four maul sta- ssfery on the beachas he «u«Barted
tion, witti a Lieutenant directing that When keep any from Jetties,
each and assisted by an attending and bathe only on protected benches,
maSc. Captain Williams coordinates and then only when tbe guards are
the entire operation. Be is hi turn In attendance.
under Commissioner D. Allen Stretch "And be an to tell your readers
Jr., wbo Is bead of Public Safety. that If they
Capt. Williams hires 82 lifeguards.
These represent practically every college
in the USA. from Massachusetts
to Florida and as far west as Missouri.
Of the total number of guards,
15 arc Ocean City boys.
These boys are paid around JGO a
week, asl they work six days a week
from 10 a.m. to 6 p. m, on weeklays,
and from 9:30 to 6 on holidays.
They perform from 500 to 000 rescues
a season, Indicating these boys are
really on the ball. They are checked
four times daily, twice by their Lieutenants
and twice by Capt. Williams,
who mleht show up at any time. This
keeps the boys on their toes and they
realize that they are life savers first
PAINFUL PINKIE. Young Melvin Harris sits still for und 'girl bait' second.
First Aid Attendant William Young at the 10th St. Beach There is no doubt about It that
half the attraction for the boys is the
Patrol Headquarters while the medic doctors his injured standing the Job gives them. There ii
foot. Beach Patrol Captain Thomas Williams looks on.— unquestionably an aura of hero wor
Grainger Studio photo.
ship which surrounds a life guard
and the prettiest girls on the beach
by Mabel Bennett liams reports.
are always to be seen within enr-snol
"Children and tube teeth are the These are only two of the many of (he lifeguard stands. The signs on
two most precious things that get problems which confront Capt, Wil-
the stands. "Do not talk to the life-
last on the KBcna at Ocean City," liams as chief of the Ocean City
guards" does not discourage them.
Captain Thomas A. Williams of theBeach
Patrol. Capt- Williams lives at
The boys know that its forbidden. II
they forget the rules and speak to a
Ocean City Beach Patrol remarks." 45 Walnut Rd. He started his work as girl three times they are docked for
Hie sardi tor the children starts
a life guard in 1922. In 1924 he grad- a day. If this happens five times
a few minutes site? tiiey are missiii&
uated from the Ocean Oty Hi^hthey
get the axe,
but 'champers' are rarely oiled lor.
School and continued his summer Quiet MM
We have a hot full of dentures wait- work as life guard. In 1942 he took
ing for owners.
on the Job as captain and worked Maybe this "no talking" system is
'•It's a funny thing about kids.
the year around.
responsible for the growth of the mas-
They will stray as tar as 20 blocks.
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cot custom. Little weeds with the ambition
of someday being lifeguards at-
Little tots. loo. They seldom go into Capt, Williams has done such a tach themielves to the boys at a
Uie water, hut walk in the direction wonderful Job that people as farstand
and make themselves generally
that the wind blows, and their little away as Australia have written to useful. This Is no place for spoiled
leg* can cover a powerful lot ofhim
to inquire Just how he runs the, hrals, and a youngster who gets a
pound In a short time." Capt. Wil- Beach Patrol Some of the statlitics | big head over his position might be
*^ demoted and asked to turn in his
miniature T-shirt with the Ocean Gty
Beach Patrol emblem on it For a
Unusual Family Fun - The New Fabulous mascot to lose his T-shirt Is the
equivalent of a West Pointer having
his buttons cut off hjs uniform, and
this seldom happens.
These midget lifeguards have Uie
ADVENTURE pHyiJege of talking to the guards to
the undying envy of the girls, A good
mascot, however, knows when to keep
his mouth shut, or he is soon demotcd.
He takes messages, runs er-
VILLAGE
rands and is a big shot to hi half,
pint contemporaries,
TTie three medics at the beach sta.
Only 15 minutes from Ocean City on the Black Hone flons get a chance to practice their
Pike between Cardiff Circle and the A. C, Baoe Course bedside manner to the tune of Bve
to six hundred patients a season.
* Old Urn Msviat * Liv. Shew* * MMM I'm Their ailments run from simple
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splinters to heart attacks. The medicg
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Mve first aid only, and Dr. Marcia
Smith, the official physician for the
Beach Patrol, Is eontacted tor the
SEE SLIPPERY SAM & THE KEYSTONE KOPS more serious cases. The patients are
taken to her office and she in turn
has them taken to the Shore Memort.
al Hospital If she feels the ease warrants
it,
Barney Zeeman's OCEAN CITY'S
"We can depend on her," spoke up
Michael J, Imrjagliam, who is Uie am-
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bulance driver for the Beach Patrol-
I've teard tolta complain that
He made U runs last summer for
the season » far Is glow, but
for
everything from cut feet to near
here at the Tradesrinds we are
drmvninga. During the winter Mr,
serving more folks than hut
Impagllajo works wtth Oapt, Williams
BREAKFAST
year. Of course, this is only our
to keep the equipment in top-notch
second summer, and •ince last
shape. There are 33 boats that need
year we have air-conditioned the LUNCH
repair and painting plus mainten-
place. Also we have a greater
ance on trucks, station wagon, ambu-
variety of food to offer. So far DINNER
lance, beach stands, and such,
•e food. But, believe me, II
There are three medics. Bin W.
business drops off you'll hear LATE SNACKS Young from Hagentewn, MA, a
me crying me blues, too, Hope
medical student at Hahnemann Med>
net!
leal OoUen in Philadelphia, and is
SODAS
Barney
to be found on duty at the 10th St.
Station, jo Lynkonii, of the 1st st.
Station, ta going to Uie College of
The TRADEWINDS
Osteopathy In Phlladelohia. and Ed
TMeler, of the Temple Medical School,
NINTH STREET and WESLEY AVENUE
Is coverinE Uie ITth it. Beach Patrol
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