Apr 1966 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

Of Boys, Girls
Ate Active In Scouting
fund tor
aty th* Mate of
3M tat* and |irls are
la the
City.
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MBS made BMMV
tnM
fer Oeaut
toft
the tele ChiriM
of the taquwt.
Island-Long
Bus Service
• BrUUast in Mae and gold paint,
With "Ocaan City — America 1 !
Greatest FamUy Resort" eqftiaj.
mm OB Ib sfft*. ffie City's own
but runs the ImgQi of the Island.
ft nm Its Mule from the toll
booth at the bridge to Longport and
then trawls via Bridge Wvd , Gardens
ptewy and We«ky rd. to Batteata
rd- At Battcram rd th* bus
turns wast to Asbury av and prooeeds
south on Asbury av. to Mth
at. At this point the route is ra>
vansd. Evaiy fifth trtp the bus
travels the entire length of Asbury
to provided Monday*
HM roajm starting at S
a. a. Hd continuing to 4:30 p. m.
ewxpt on Friday* when the but
ifaww Hi northern terminus for
A* teat trip at » p.m.
Ite ta mm travel one my in
Lwrtawi from the bridle to
st. in lass than 15 minutes.
na round trip takes 1MB than half
•• hour. Th# kngcr trips to the
Ml of to Wand take someiAat
The Otjr b not fat the bus bust.
MM M a monty-maUnx operation.
The dty is not in the bus bu«
• • M a nwnfymalrtm epenMon,
HI* to provide a sarvk* rodents
taw* contended is badly needed.
Th» b«aw« are opera«*d by xwrtors
Works D^artment
sfkedal bus
from the New Jer-
' I * I
tv
f
_ to somewhat over 18,000
used to provide a unit camp
at Camp Bda*. AHoway, N, j,,
vMdi iBchidts yeaMramd penna-
Mt platforms and sanitary facilltiea.
this site has ten donated
the MweU Memorial Amp Site,
it has a atont gateway with
teanee,
The nnv site is reserved tor
•»««D flraa by Onui Oty
Sport Troops and txptonr Posts.
However, If the Ocean Qty group
U not occupying the unit, it is
available to other groups of the
Atlantic Arm Council.
Income from the trust fund is
distributed annually to the various
Scout Troop* and Explorer Posts
en a pro-rata basis, according to
the membership of each Troop or
I^sf, The monies received «eh
y«r by the Troop or Post are
given u an award to selected
•awls or explorers, used far camptag
purposes, either at Camp Edge
or at rtrilmont, the national Boy
Scout ranch located in New Mexieo.
The award rn^y also bf uaeil
to permit me recipfent to attend '
the International Scout Jamboree,
which is held each year in a different
foreign country.
All of the boys and girls don
their uniforms and participate in
such public functions as services
on Memorial Day and Veterans
Day and in the various parades
which are staged during the year,^
With plenty of woodlands on the*
nearby mainland, there is ample
opportunity here tor the youngsters
to participate in hikes, nature
studies, weekend or one-day
camping trips, and jamborees of
scouting skills which are conduct.
ed from time to time.
Heavy Weeds Once
Covered This Island
In its virgin state, before men
settled here this narrow, sandy island
was heavily wooded Irom one
end to the other, according to early
maps and other records.
A map as early as lOB showed
a large grove of trees at the north
end of the island, then about 4th st,
and the ridge narrowed as it pro.
gressed southward.
Trees that flourished wild here
included red ct-dar, hoUy, willow,
magnooa, sassafras, persimmon.
L
, FLAG OVER SWEDEN — The
•* Nue-and-gold flag of Ocean aty
flies at Hassleholm in Sweden,
In the photo above. Ocean Oty
Mayor B, Thomas Waldman is
shown presenting a city flag to
Kaj-Ewe Jonsson, of HasslehoJm,
Sweden, during a visit to Ocean
City over the Memorial Day
weekend,
Jonsson Is a District Governor
TNI OCIAN CITY SINTINILLEDGER
of Rotary International Last
Spring the Rotary International
convention was held in Atlantic
City and part of the program of
entertainment for the visiting
Rotarians was a day in Orean
aty, America's Greatest Family
Resort. Jonsson was included in
the group of 90 visitors to this
resort community.
To mark the occasion of the
visit by the imeffW* ona! Rk